Rainy Days and Wednesdays
I follow way too many blogs to actually keep up with them all. I decided to do a purge and came across Deaf, Gray and Italian . How could I have missed this one for so long? Mary Grace's latest post, Reflections On Being Deaf, Gray and Italian on the “eve” of my 70th birthday, is amazing and lovely. As my world grows more and more quiet, and as I struggle more to seem "normal" in any given social situation, there is much to hold on to....much to be grateful for. My diagnosis of Meniere's Disease back when I was 32 took my breath away, but life moved forward and the demands of 4 kids, a full time job and everything else life requires of us were always met in one way or another. In my 40's, I got by with a little help from my friends (well, mostly my kids). Rarely alone, they, without direction from me, slowly stepped forward...listening for me. Little by little, they became my ears in noisy stores, restaurants or soccer fields. Now-a-days, my ever present si...