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Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 6 Nov 22

Perhaps it’s an errant thought, but I would imagine that most people throughout the world have heard of Helen Keller. Her life story is amazing…so amazing, in fact, that the play based on her early life and the subsequent movie,...

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Happy International Women’s Day

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 8 Mar 21

I know I’m a little late, doing a big shopping to fill up the fridge both freezers and the pantry wiped me out, then there was putting it all away, the weather has gotten cold and the snow they were talking about is a very real...

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And Still She Saw The World

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 23 Jul 19

I want you to take moment to think about this Helen Keller proved that despite unimaginable odds you can find success it is but for God's grace I wrote this poem 19, almost 20 years ago Blind from infancy, And still she saw...

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She Saw The World

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 11 Apr 19

Image found on Wikipoke I wrote this over nineteenth years ago! Blind from infancy, And still she saw the world, With eager fingers across the pages, Of the Earth's surfaces, Deaf too, Yet she learned to "hear "...

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I Am So Jealous!!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 1 Jun 16

Helen Keller was born June, 1, 1880 and died in 1968. She was lucky to have known many celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin and Eleanor Roosevelt. She also was lucky enough to have met Mark Twain when she was 14. I am so jealous!!...

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Making Excuses, or Making Things Happen?

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 4 Oct 15

It occurs to me that one thing I am very good at, is finding an excuse. There is always a reason that things don't get done as they should. The truth is that most of the time I have no one to blame but myself. Sure, life...

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Deaf Twins Euthanized

bostonphil @bostonphil (4459) • United States 16 Jan 13

Did you see the above headline because I and millions of others did? The story is that deaf twins in Belgium were beginning to go blind. For both of them, it was the final straw. They felt that they could not live like that. They...

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Who would YOU invite to dinner tomorrow?

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 5 Aug 09

Had a great time at camp recently asking each other which six people, living or dead, would you invite to dinner tomorrow? It was a great way to open up talk and see different sides of friends, family and lovers. So I will...

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Daughter's Read at Home Book: Helen Keller - Interesting insights.

DaddyOfTheRose @DaddyOfTheRose (2934) • United States 6 Feb 09

My daughter (5) brought home a book from school for us to read. It was a short biography of Helen Keller. Apparently, Helen Keller was described as a person of great energy and enthusiasm. Initially, this seemed confusing to me.....

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What is it to be blind

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17083) • India 20 Nov 08

Helen Keller who was both blind and deaf had said in her essay 'Three days to see' "I have often throught that it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early...

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Do you think Helen Keller would have been

fpd1955 @fpd1955 (2074) • United States 7 Mar 08

the humanitarian and scholar that she was if she were not deaf and blind? I wonder sometimes if it wasn't her disabilities that pushed her to be the great woman that she was. The love and bond Anne Sullivan and Helen had is one of...

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Helen Keller's Turn

katkat @katkat (2378) • Philippines 25 Aug 07

There are a lot of movies about famous writers and currently there's a movie about Beatrix Potter. I think its about time that a movie would be produced about Helen Keller, a blind who sees more than what a normal and able people...

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Helen Keller' Birthplace

SheliaLee @SheliaLee (2736) • United States 4 Jun 07

Hello Everyone!A short time after I became a member of MyLot I started a discussion on Helen Keller. Well, this morning my son and I had to go to Tuscumbia where Helen Keller was born and we were just down the road from her home....

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Quotes

jillhill @jillhill (37353) • United States 11 May 07

On certain pages I love using quotes whether they be by famous people or one I made up myself. On my children's graduation pages I used a quote from Winston Churchill. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it's the courage...

Do You Have a Favorite Saying?

derek_a @derek_a (10873) 6 May 07

Helen Keller said, "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world" I find this saying very powerful and inspiring and teaches one that if you suffer over anything at all, it is not for...

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Helen Keller - A Part of Tuscumbia, Alabama History

SheliaLee @SheliaLee (2736) • United States 14 Apr 07

We live near the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama. I had heard about Helen Keller in my childhood during school but she really became more real to me after my mother and stepfather got married and we moved to Leighon, Alabama. I don't...

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Avichail @Avichail (694) • Indonesia 9 Mar 07

My wife, our three-year old daughter and I visited a friend who had just given birth to a baby. When the infant cried, our friend asked Carrie, our daughter if she'd like to come to the nursery and helped. Carrie happily followed...

Do you admire Helen Keller

ptennant01 @ptennant01 (246) • United States 20 Jan 07

Helen Keller was a remarkable wopman I admire how she overcame her blindness and went on to help so many I do not think I coud have been as couregeous

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Quotes By Helen Keller

BASatin @BASatin (28) • United States 1 Dec 06

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt in the heart."

Quotes by Helen Keller

BASatin @BASatin (28) • United States 1 Dec 06

"A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life."

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