MY YEARS AT THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

My parents knew that no school in our area could teach a child who was blind. They also knew they couldn't educate me themselves. So, they had to do the unthinkable. They had to send me away to school before I turned 5 years old. For me, spending my first 4 years as an only child, and then suddenly being placed in a dorm with about 80 other students of all ages, was not a life I was expecting. Back then, I didn't know what coping skills were. I had a lot to learn. Fortunately, my parents had taught me how to do exactly that. The question was, could I do it? The school didn't give me a great academic education. There were people there, however, who taught me much about who I was on the inside. This episode touches on some of the failures and triumphs I experienced along the way. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co