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"I said, 'What kind of job is it?' and
she said, 'Working with blind people.'"
When omas said that she didn't
know anything about working with
blind people, Amy responded, "You
said you liked working with old people,
well we're old, and we need you at the
center!"
omas joked, "I went to the
interview and it was the oddest
interview on Earth. ey just passed
out these papers with questions on
them, and I was saying to myself,
'What is this job?!' ey told you
nothing. Well, I got the job and my life
was changed."
omas discovered that the job
entailed more than working with the
old. e blind community includes
people of all ages and backgrounds and
omas immediately recognized that
activities needed to be tailored to the
needs of everyone involved.
"Everyone is different, so we try to
do things that everyone is interested in,
[we] go to a variety of activities." Some
of these things omas might not be
interested in herself, but she wants to
know what interests those who come
to the center. "Right now some of them
are trying to talk me into skydiving,
and I am afraid of heights, but it isn't
about me, you know?"
According to omas' friend Amy
Henderson, who has been attending
the center for nearly 10 years, omas
was a breathe of fresh air.
"She has taken that organization
from 20 to 90 percent," Henderson
said. "Her personality and
communication skills, and her desire
to do all she can for people who can't
do all they can...she is just a naturally
nurturing person."
Henderson says that the center used
to only have a handful of mundane
activities for members a month, but
omas has taken it upon herself to
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