Category Archives: Daily Life

During my senior year in high school I had planned to attend a trade school to study musical instrument repair. I had spent hours maintaining my French horns and also other brass instruments for the band. I found it fun … Continue reading →

I continued to struggle in academic courses regardless of sitting in the front of the classroom and reminding the teachers of my communication needs. My grades were average to below average in spite of of how hard I tried. However, … Continue reading →

Most of my classmates had adjustments to make with transitioning from elementary school to junior high. I likewise had the same and a few extra to deal with. Since my hometown, Duke Center, Pennsylvania, was small, the class size in … Continue reading →

I didn’t know. I just didn’t know I couldn’t hear things like others did. I had no idea I was missing everyday sounds. How was I expected to know? I knew no differently because I probably never had normal hearing. I … Continue reading →

Several years ago many changes happened in my life. At the suggestion of a friend, I returned to a skill I had learned as a child from my grandmother that helped me to satisfy some of my needs. That skill … Continue reading →

I recently found the following document while going through some papers written by one of my parents, I think by my father from the writing style. I don’t recall seeing this before and I have no idea why it was … Continue reading →

written by Beth Dewing I met Marian and family at church sometime in 1994. I was looking for a church that provided ASL interpreters.  Marian had one or two boys in wheelchairs, and Kolya in tow on Sundays.  I brought … Continue reading →

I thought you might like an update on blossoms of March becoming fruits of June. I’ve been picking plums and apricots and storing in refrigerator drawers as if there is no tomorrow. The trees are loaded this year.   Pears … Continue reading →