This s something that I want to share with who ever.......

My daughter is what I have always called gifted and blessed. The day that she was born I knew she was different. You see my daughter is semi deaf. Like all parents I think that she is beautiful. She reads lips very well and can sign faster then most people can read. This is her Gods gift. I never looked at it as she is handicap or why me. No, this is a gift that I am blessed to have. My daughter is 17 can speak fully Spanish,English,Sign language, and now is learning Japanese.

Reason for this note:
My daughter has always worn hearing aids all her life. Yesterday she got another pair more powerful, (new style) plus her hearing has lost more. Doctor told me that she has lost quite a lot more of her hearing, of course like all mothers my heart sank.....in fact my heart was bleeding, but you have to be strong and hold a your tears act as if its all good. I know that God has a plan for her and ((he's is not done yet)).

Anyway, we were walking out of the office into the hall way and she stops to tell me that she can hear the rain drops from outside...(I thought she did before) I just brushed her off,we keep walking then she stops again, (MOM...I can hear your shoes on the floor) I looked at her and said what are you talking about....she looked at me so happy and said, No Mom I stop hearing your feet last year, I just didnt want to hurt your feeling...I started to cry, I was sobbing......I felt like a bad mom.......(But I had no idea) She then told me I was always looking doe shadows or reading more your lips.....I asked her then when I call you on the phone how do you hear me, she goes I close my door and go into the closet. Needless to say, I cried for a while there holding her in my arms. She asked me why are you crying so much mom, I said its b/c I love you with more then my life...... We start heading home, and I see my daughter laughing and laughing and I said whats so funny...she goes nothing..but still laughing hard...then she goes ok I will tell you cause my stomach hurts already from laughing, I said what is it....she goes you have a bugger that keep flapping in and out of your nose on the side its a tiny one....I grab a tissue and go to grab it, (cause I am driving) that thing was a house on the side of my nose,LMAO...then both of us started to laugh harder...I had no choice but to pull over just to laugh..Hello it was funny to us,lol

Many think that a person with hearing aids is handicap. But, I have always told my daughter she is gifted and blessed. She knows 3 languages and speaks them well. Spanish, (duh...I am Cuban she has no choice its free) English another great language its Free and sign language its free too. She is now going to study to learn Japanese (Not free) lol... My daughter can talk very well, has a voice....

Life is great and it gets better everyday! Peace and Love to you, Sonia