Hi Everyone! I’ll be back soon with another blog, but in the meantime, I wanted to let you know I’ve added another page.  This one is a list of resources and I’ll keep adding to them as I can.  You can find the pages  at the bottom of the picture of New York.  I hope you find them useful!

If you’ve read my previous blogs, you might think communicating and everyday functioning are a piece of cake. Maybe some of you wonder how it can be that easy.  Let me assure you – it’s not!  I have bad days too, and thought I’d tell you about my most recent one.

Maybe I was tired, maybe I was having an off day, but the other day, I read pretty much everyone I came in contact with all wrong. People stopped to admire my dogs, ask questions, and I gave answers that had nothing to do with what they said. I couldn’t get what cashiers or salespeople in stores were trying to tell me.  I asked for help when possible, but sometimes just couldn’t get it no matter how many times people helped. Communicating-wise, it was just one rotten day.

Some people might get depressed over it, and though I was frustrated, I didn’t allow myself to wallow in self pity over it.  Everyone has their occasional bad day.  Even when you think someone is so good at something (including speechreading/lip reading), no one is perfect.  Even when you think you’re so good at something, you can have a bad day.  Everyone can make mistakes – it’s not always as easy as it may look.  I don’t look forward to those bad days, but I know how to live with them.

There’s always tomorrow.

Bad day? Big deal! NOT!

Hi Everyone.  Just a very quick note to let you know I added a page to the blog.  It’s in the menu section, right at the bottom of the picture.  It’s called “Tips and Hints” and I thought I’d share some of the little things I’ve learned along the way.  I’m still learning and I’ve probably forgotten a lot, but I’ll add to it as I think of things.  I hope you find it useful!