Posted in Fidos For Freedom, Meniere's disease, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, dog related, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged hearing loss, assistance dogs, deafness, working dogs, Fidos For Freedom, Meniere's disease, Meniere's, hearing assitance dogs on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Imagine my husband’s surprise when I asked him to run upstairs and snap a picture of Chloe and I. Surprised, because as he put it, “Your hair is wet and your make-up is gone“. Actually he may have said, “Your face is gone (like the transplanted southern boy that he is), but I think the [...]
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Posted in cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, hearing loss, tagged cochlear implants, deafness, disabilities, Heaven, Sandi Patti, sign language on November 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
What do we look like in Heaven’s eyes?
Many years ago, back in the days I could “hear” and before Sandi Patti’s “fall from grace”, I use to listen to her sing, “In Heaven’s Eyes”.
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SIDE NOTE: Exactly what IS a “fall from grace”? One can’t FALL FROM GRACE! (said… with a bit of a screech in [...]
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Posted in Fidos For Freedom, Nucleus Freedom, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, hearing loss, service dogs, sign language, working dogs, tagged assistance dogs, cochlear implants, deafness, Fidos For Freedom, hearing dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, sign language on November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Alec) “For $600, the answer is… a video clip”:
(Denise) bites nails… “Umm, ‘What is ROLL MY OWN BLANKET’?”
(APPLAUSE)
Kyersten and I attended a play at her college yesterday afternoon. She attends AACC and had one requirement for ‘Fine Arts Survey’, that she hasn’t been particularly excited about completing. She had to attend one of the performing [...]
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Posted in Fidos For Freedom, Meniere's disease, Nucleus Freedom, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, tagged assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, Fidos For Freedom, hearing loss, Meniere's disease, Nucleus Freedom, service dogs, tinnitus, working dogs on November 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Thursday was a particularly nasty, rainy day, and I dreaded “the walk down the stairs” more than usual. Funny thing about Meniere’s disease – rain and other types of weather systems can really make a difference in how steady I walk. I finally remembered my camera too, and I can’t tell you how many tries [...]
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Posted in Challenge, Fidos For Freedom, Meniere's disease, assistance dogs, deafness, dog related, family and friends, hearing loss, service dogs, tagged assistance dogs, college search, deafness, disability, Fidos For Freedom, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, Meniere's disease, Waynesburg University on November 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Kyersten (18-years-old) is a contributor to Hearing Elmo. She has only known her mother as a person with hearing loss. Recognizing, supporting, and loving a parent with hearing loss and balance problems, does not mean that sometimes it is acknowledged that the disability GETS IN THE WAY.
On October 25th, 2008, my Dad, Mom, and I [...]
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Posted in ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Encouragement, Fidos For Freedom, Nucleus Freedom, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, tagged ADA, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, faith, Fidos For Freedom, hearing loss on November 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
God has a wonderful sense of humor I believe. I’m quite certain that I make Him laugh out loud on occasion, as I can be funny even without trying. (I’m NEVER funny when I DO try!) I also imagine that He has rolled His eyes, chuckled with minor annoyance, and wished He could THUMP me [...]
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Posted in Fidos For Freedom, Nucleus Freedom, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, Fidos For Freedom, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, Meniere's disease, service dogs, working dogs on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Denise and Chloe at Jefferson Rock in Harpers Ferry State Park, October 2008
We go to Harpers Ferry a great deal. For one thing it is within “spittin’ distance” of our home. Secondly, the view and park is simply breath-taking. No matter what time of year we go, it’s beautiful. I keep telling Terry that when [...]
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