random thoughts #5

June 30th, 2008 by Christine

I’m watching last Friday’s “20/20″ on TiVo, and Barbara Walters is interviewing 3 American families who have children with transgender disorder, meaning what’s between their legs doesn’t match what’s between their ears.  These kids don’t identify with the gender they’re born with.  One child at age 2 kept asking his mom when the magic fairy [...]


my first om training on campus

June 25th, 2008 by Christine

I was an idiot and donned jeans and sneakers in fear of the impending thunderstorms.  Alas, it didn’t rain at all, and instead the sun glared menacingly at me all afternoon.  For 2 hours mid-afternoon at the hottest time of day, I was huffing and puffing around campus with my walking cane, sweating profusely at [...]


about to weather the storm…literally

June 24th, 2008 by Christine

I am about to go to campus to get orientation/mobility (OM) training with my new instructor.  He will help me orient myself to the campus and find my way around to my classrooms and buildings. It has been dark and dreary all morning with sporadic thunder and a little rain.  Pray that my walking cane [...]


a time for everything

June 23rd, 2008 by Christine

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to [...]


gettin’ a piece of the pie

June 19th, 2008 by Christine

How do we obtain a piece of the pie?  That is, how do we gain footage on a level playing field?  Simply stated, how do grasp equal opportunities?
I learned the acronym PIE in today’s Blindness Awareness seminar at the Lighthouse.  It stands for Productivity, Independence, Empowerment.  With these 3 things, blind people can all get [...]


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