Deaf Mom
By JenLeoraPosted on Be proud of who you are. I volunteered today for my daughter's class Valentine's party. Doesn't seem like a big deal but I admit it gives me a fair amount of anxiety. I'm "not like the other moms" ...
Deaf Mama at the Movies
By JenLeoraPosted on My first solo venture to the movies with both kiddos to see Sing! was an ad-venture as everything seems to be with them.. I burned a hole in my popcorn bowl prior to leaving. I am an expert ...
Deaf at the Pool
By JenLeoraPosted on As a Deaf person who wears a hearing aid, swimming in a pool has always felt like flipping a switch to me. Sound to silence. Add kids and weather, antics ensue. This summer, my family made a big ...
Paul & Tina Videos: What’s the Big Deal?
By JenLeoraPosted on There’s a good chance you’ve seen this, the viral video in which a couple on a road trip record themselves using sign language to "sign-along" to the song, “You’re the One That I Want” from the movie ...
Ah, Now I See: A Deaf Lesson in Hearing “Loss”
By JenLeoraPosted on I feel like I really learned something recently. I’ve had hearing “loss” all of my life. This term was always funny to me since I was born with the same hearing ability (or lack thereof) that I ...
Deaf at the Doctor
By JenLeoraPosted on He’s flitting about like a gnat around the urgent care. Seemingly everywhere, the male nurse assisting us is apparently conversing with several others in different directions as I sit next to a particularly not-fabulous blood pressure/temperature station ...