In my spare time, here and there, have been tagging and categorizing my posts back to 2003. I got to November 2005, then just found a way today to import all the comments from Livejournal! This is exciting as I just don’t get to Livejournal much anymore so this way all my comments both from [...]
Archive for the ‘deafness’ Category
Still reviewing all the old posts – Leave a comment
Revising and tagging, and studying Leave a comment
Of course in the middle of fall semester (perhaps exactly in the middle?) and that is keeping me very busy!! I tend to do algebra at the beginning of the week mostly and biology at the end. Then I tuck transcription in usually Wed/Thurs (job due today, so nothing different there). In the few evening [...]
Fall semester Leave a comment
When I was a little girl I remember labeling and assembling all my school supplies weeks before school started. I loved the way the notebooks and pencils looked, all new, crisp, and shiny, and the way they felt smooth and clean in my hands. To this day I still have a habit of ruffling [...]
The brick wall 4 comments
Getting Chris into the placement he needs (National Deaf Academy, which will meet his psychiatric, physical, deafness, and autism needs) has proven to be quite a challenge. Chris recently underwent a med change at our local hospital due to increased agitation and other situations. However, the next step necessary to complete this med change is [...]
Change is hard Leave a comment
Upon a time of turmoil this Amy Grant song lifted me up through tears of grief yet tears of cleansing, and it is doing it again. Words by Brown Bannister, Chris Christian, Amy GrantFrom the album Never Alone I had laid some mighty plansThought I held them in my handsThen my world began to crumble [...]
Thinking of how to share most with this blog– 1 comment
With having a new domain, I have been trying to think of the best way to reach out to others with this blog. I know I need to update my resource pages and do more research on what could help people most on ideas for autism spectrum and deafness. I think I may also type [...]
The dreams of children Leave a comment
The dreams that we hold about having our children… and the reality given and the new dreams held Dreams of all my life The children we always wished for Years go by like lightning But the expectations soar Wanting perfection Working day and night for our bread Trying to observe each smile, accomplishment, and word [...]
Appts.— Leave a comment
Ryan had some new appts. this week. These are copied from a post I did about them – the first one is yesterday: “Don’t know if I ever mentioned but we had a long-awaited genetics appointment today. At first, I was going to be tested for connexion 26 (an inherited hearing disorder – my dad [...]
Trying to add perfect contracts — and thoughts on hearing loss Leave a comment
The life of us entrepreneurs (is that what we are?) — always seeking to do the best with our contracts yet keeping an eye on what else is out there. Sometimes there is enough variety in one contract to keep you going strong (Rog is kind of in that position now with his company, thank [...]
silence, and PDD Leave a comment
I think about what it must be like for Chris, not being able to hear or speak. I don’t think about it often, though, because it will make me cry and look at things that seem unfixable. But I know God has a plan and a purpose, though it’s hard to see what it is.