Educating. Retinitis Pigmentosa

Tonight I spoke to a group of Scouts earning their disability merit badge.  They seemed to enjoy wearing my goggles and walking through an obstacle course with a cane.  They also set up a great obstacle course for me and Cricket to walk through.  Great work, Cricket.  Thanks, Natalie for joining me. They asked some good questions. I hope they got the message that a guide dog or cane gives one lots of freedom and also that a person who is blind is simply a person who is blind.  I was so proud of Cricket today.  Miss Princess Paws, Cricket, walked well through the snow packed sidewalke in our quest to buy a Diet Coke. 

Great news. I have been wearing my brace less. The doctor said it would be helpful to start moving it around (places where I could almost guarantee I wouldn't fall :). Its nice to not wear a brace for the obvious reasons and also, this fun yellow sweater that I had bought on clearance at Anthropologie has had to wait in my closet. It is such a fragile sweater that I knew it would snag all up with my brace. I'm holding cute little Dahlia with her legs out so she doesn't snag my sweater. 

I left work today so inspired by my clients.  Wow.  One shared a quote that I enjoy:  

Courage does not always roar.  Sometimes it is the quite voice at the end of the day saying,  "I will try again tomorrow." Mary Ann Radmacher