Showing posts with label identifying coins when you are blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label identifying coins when you are blind. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The ordinary for me is extraordinary for others

yesterday, I was paying for a purchase. I ran my hands over the coins I had. Here in canada we also have one and two dollar coins as well as pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters. I was llooking for a quarter. First I found my loonie (one dollar coin) then my toonie (two dollar coin) my dime, and then my quarter. I said that I was sorry for taking a while. He was fascinated. He asked how I knew what they were? I explained about feeling the edges, the shape, the size. He wasn't being patronizing. He just had never thought this through I am sure. It was fun to tell him about it and have him learn. Maybe next time he makes change for someone he'll close his eyes? Probably not.