I’m in the car on a long drive home from a day spent in Monterey. My sister is driving, singing along to the radio. Of course, I can’t hear any of it. But she looks so happy. My family doesn’t …
Category: Deafness/Cochlears
The unfairness of being unfair
Beginning in high school, when the severity of my disease clashed terribly with my immaturity, I felt entitled to anger. I wanted to focus on how unfair my disease was, and the well-intentioned attempts by others to lighten my mood …
Learning To Be Deaf
I spent hours and hours staring at this deaf guy in my history class a couple semesters ago. I sat in the very back row and he sat in the front across from a man and a woman who took …
Perfect Chaos
This is “supposed to be” the scariest phase of my life, but I haven’t felt so at peace in years. I promised to write a blog about the crazy cool signs that God has given my family to assure us …
Get Action
The past few months have had me repeatedly saying, “I can’t wait to ______ when I’m no longer deaf and have new lungs.” I’ve had this weird mindset that everything in my life needs to be put on hold while …
Silent Satisfaction
Yesterday marked a pretty big milestone for my deafness. I’ve been “legally deaf” since April. The audiologists don’t really know what caused it, but they labeled it as Sudden Hearing Loss. For a month, a hearing aid worked a bit …
Adamantium Joy
Note: I tried to write this post in a way that wasn’t “overly Christian-y” because I want this blog to appeal to people who aren’t into that type of stuff. Wrote a draft and it all felt wrong. Gonna give …
