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[Randi Rabiner]

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From: Randi Rabiner 
To: acb-l at acb.org 
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:44 PM
Subject: to:corey


dear Corey, I am one of those who lost her vision at age 41 and it took  a process of 6 years to go totally blind. In the beginning my husband helped my blind friends with all their errands and go places with us and never minded.  When I lost all my sight he just couldn't deal with it, he locked himself away from our sonand I  and when he came home from work and only made the transition for all of us harder.  I asked for the divorce which everyone thought was crazy, but I couldn't live that way and my son was beginning to think that was a normal way of life.  Today we are good friends and we help each other  in what ever ways we need.  It was the best move I ever made.  I did learn that you can not expect to make your spouse a chauffeur for your friends, eventually they resent it.  They want time for the two of you.  He still helps my friends but I know where the limit is.  Randi RabinerP.s. I am a former National Car employee from Boca Raton who lost her job along with700 others. It was my first job after going blind. I had always worked in the travel field when I was sighted and it was a natural transition.
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dear Corey, I am one of those who lost her vision at age 41 and it took  a process of 6 years to go totally blind. In the beginning my husband helped my blind friends with all their errands and go places with us and never minded.  When I lost all my sight he just couldn't deal with it, he locked himself away from our sonand I  and when he came home from work and only made the transition for all of us harder.  I asked for the divorce which everyone thought was crazy, but I couldn't live that way and my son was beginning to think that was a normal way of life.  Today we are good friends and we help each other  in what ever ways we need.  It was the best move I ever made.  I did learn that you can not expect to make your spouse a chauffeur for your friends, eventually they resent it.  They want time for the two of you.  He still helps my friends but I know where the limit is.  Randi RabinerP.s. I am a former National Car employee from Boca Raton who lost her job along with700 others. It was my first job after going blind. I had always worked in the travel field when I was sighted and it was a natural transition.