My Mom and I regularly wrote emails back and forth, beginning with Compuserve many years ago. We later moved on to AOL. When we adopted a deaf child, Mom learned sign language with no hesitation, so she could come into his world. And she loved watching interpreters, or, as she called them, “interrupters”. I knowContinue reading “Blog Post # 10: Mom And Interrupters”
Category Archives: Lessons I’ve Learned in Life
Blog Post # 9: Asserting Myself
Learning To Not Always Run Away For years, I had only one option when facing conflict: run away. This is not always a bad solution, but I also knew sometimes it would have been much better to stand up for myself. Going to an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), I learned the importance of choosing theContinue reading “Blog Post # 9: Asserting Myself”
Blog Post # 8: Narrow Escape: Copperhead!
My husband and I were living in a ranger cabin in the middle of a national forest, doing biological research. One day he caught a copperhead snake. We promptly put it in the tall garbage can, with no lid, because, as everyone knows, poisonous snakes don’t have strong muscles. This is because poisonous snakes useContinue reading “Blog Post # 8: Narrow Escape: Copperhead!”
Blog Post #5: Important Travel Tips Learned the Hard Way
Today I’m taking a “Break” (# 7 Word of the Day, smiles) from talking about ASL, Cued Speech, and raising our special needs deaf child. Instead I will share a few handy travel tips with you. I learned these tips the hard way, by experience. My hope by sharing them is it may save youContinue reading “Blog Post #5: Important Travel Tips Learned the Hard Way”
My Life, by DAG 