Sarah and golden retriever Kathie
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day 4: walks and Kathie’s picture

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I was tired last night and more interested in posting details than figuring out how to post a pic, so I guess you all got to experience meeting a dog the way that I do: finding out that she has lots of personality and is very fluffy.

Now I will post a picture and put all of you out of your misery. She is really showing all sides of her personality today. When we play, she loves to talk. She is less whiny and is learning to overcome her Denise love. I made her sit next to Denise for 30 seconds without moving. She really can do it!

Breakfast was a breakfast burrito and cereal. Lunch was turkey sandwich, and lemon pudding cake. Someone at my table often asks what the desserts are–they seem to be unfamiliar to him. I do my best to describe them, and then I try to encourage him to try them. I keep saying, “It’s really yummy!” It isn’t a cheerleading attempt… I really do love the desserts here. But it became funny when another person said, “You think everything is really yummy!”

Today at lunch, dessert was lemon pudding cake. First, we took bets on Kathie’s ability to predict when I had the dessert spoon in hand. (She surprised us all by only getting up twice, and neither time was during my dessert.) After making our bets, I said that I wanted everyone to know that I was certain that the cake would be yummy. After all dessert is yummy unless I am allergic to it.

The trips went so well today that I am too tired to write much. Kathy tried to take me to a French coffee shop. I think I will love this girl. She’s got some class!

About Sarah Blake LaRose

Sarah Blake LaRose teaches Biblical Hebrew and Greek at Anderson University School of Theology and Christian Ministry in Anderson, Indiana. She is one of three blind academic scholars who received the Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind in 2016 in recognition of innovative work in the field of access to biblical language texts and tools for people who are blind. In addition to her work as a professor, she provides braille transcription services specializing in ancient languages. Her research interests concern the intersection of disability, poverty, and biblical studies.
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About Sarah Blake LaRose

Sarah Blake LaRose teaches Biblical Hebrew and Greek at Anderson University School of Theology and Christian Ministry in Anderson, Indiana. She is one of three blind academic scholars who received the Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind in 2016 in recognition of innovative work in the field of access to biblical language texts and tools for people who are blind. In addition to her work as a professor, she provides braille transcription services specializing in ancient languages. Her research interests concern the intersection of disability, poverty, and biblical studies.

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