Contact Cards

I ask Steve using my lousy and slow signs, “What name man give you new hard drive” I point to the space where his desktop computer use to be. I do not know how to sign hard drive for a computer, so I sign “hard” as in difficult, and “drive” as in driving a car. And people [...]

New Blog Title

In line with my new direction in helping people understand, it was suggested I change the blog title to reflect the purpose of this blog. I want people to not only understand Steve’s world of deafness, but also understand my relationship to him. In other words, to gain insight into our world, to hopefully more [...]

Someone is Listening

I go to Church a few minutes early today because I want to ask my bishop if it’s possible to get a copy of the callings and releasings before Sacrament Meeting starts. He says no. I understand. After Steve was baptized, I was unable to fingerspell or write the names and callings fast enough before [...]

A New Direction

Last Sunday’s experience had left me so discouraged. I even deleted this blog because the people who I believed needed to read it, were not. With the help of my internet friends, I could see that there are people who are reading and who care. I have been trying to get other people to understand, but [...]

He Knows You!

Last Sunday was our semi-annual Stake Conference. This was a unique and special conference because the Stansbury Park Stake was split into two Stakes. Our Stake President mentioned in a previous Sacrament Meeting that it had been prophesied by Joseph B. Wirthlin that this area would see rapid growth. I am witnessing this growth.
I have [...]

Touch the Sound

From Amazon.com: “While still a student, Evelyn Glennie learned that she was going deaf. Rather than abandon her study of music, in which she had shown such talent, she instead turned her focus toward percussion instruments and developed her ability to feel the sound through her body. This documentary follows her as she performs in [...]