Taken By Surprise!

Discovering a large dog CAN be a lap dog! My 18-year-old with Chloe
My daughter, Kyersten, has developed an interest in hiking. Perhaps it is because her boyfriend is a “super hiker”, and she is learning to enjoy some of the things he does. Irregardless, on Memorial Day she took advantage of the [...]

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Acceptance is…

Have you ever had a time in your life where you realized that accepting the way things are is all you can do right now?
The advocate in me chafes at what acceptance means. There is a part of me that yearns to be instrumental in change; that other late-deafened adults will be encouraged and [...]

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I Can’t HANDLE IT!!!

Have you ever heard anyone say, “I’ll be OK! God promises to not give me anything that I can’t handle!” Or maybe you’ve heard, “You’ll be ok! Don’t worry! You have to trust that God will never give you something you can’t handle!” (It’s even worse when someone preaches that [...]

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Third Year Anniversary

Today I went for my 3rd year mapping at Johns Hopkins. I haven’t been to Jennifer, my audiologist, for one full year. One of the first things she asked me was “How is everything going, Denise? I guess since it’s been a year, things are good?”
I hadn’t thought of it in [...]

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Certification Day

(On the opposite of her tag is emergency contact information, information about Fidos, her tattoo number, microchip number, etc.)
On Saturday, May 3rd, Fidos For Freedom held their annual certification day. It is a voluntary certification. Although currently the ADA does not require certification, the Department of Justice often considers requiring assistance dog teams [...]

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