http://deafmomworld.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:07:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ann C wanted to know, how does one go from water skiing to learning how to barefoot: As a kid, I’ve water-skiied and slalomed on water to the point I could do a quick turn-’round and jump the wakes, also slalom with eight other ppl on ski’s, weaving in and out ... http://deafmomworld.com/from-waterskiing-to-barefooting/ I sat in the airport yesterday and chatted with my mother-in-law.  The two folks sitting on both sides of me sat and watched, trying not to look at the interpreter signing away as I talked about my bumpy flight to my mother-in-law.  I'm used to it.   When I finished my ... http://deafmomworld.com/are-you-chained-to-your-videophone-get-a-z-life/ Today's post is a guest post by The Hearing Company.  I asked them to share some funny stories and they did not disappoint.  Read on! MISSING MORE THAN JUST A CONVERSATION... Guest article for DeafMomWorld.com from UK based high street hearing aid retailer The Hearing Company As hearing aid retailers in the UK ... http://deafmomworld.com/missing-more-than-just-a-conversation/ "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is something that I remind myself of every now and then.  Fear is often the emotion behind the reason we hold back.  "What if..." One of the hardest things for me to do with my boys was ... http://deafmomworld.com/when-fear-holds-you-back/ I drove to Huzzy lake last week with great anticipation.  I had connected with the Kronewitter family via Facebook and for the first time in about 25 years, I was going to see them again.  The family was celebrating Andy's birthday and I brought along a super soaker pump as ... http://deafmomworld.com/the-kronewitters-a-blast-from-the-past/   Last year's birthday and this year's birthday-- quite a difference!  Last year, I sat in the pontoon and had a moment of looking back on my teen years and crying.  At the age of 44, I figured the best years were over with.  No one was barefoot water skiing on ... http://deafmomworld.com/turning-45-and-celebrating/ It's that time of the year again.  The "winding down" days of summer.  Summers at the lake are measured by the number of days that the pier stays in the water and as my family gets older, it seems like we take the pier out earlier each year. But we're not ... http://deafmomworld.com/grabbing-the-last-bit-of-summer/ It's funny, I don't consider myself disabled-- that is, on most days.  Then every now and then, life will knock me upside the head and remind me that I can't access the world sometimes. I was born with hearing in the so-called "normal" range.  I know I started losing some hearing ... http://deafmomworld.com/bloggers-unite-for-people-with-disabilities-attitude/ I was sitting on the couch up in Michigan when the phone rang. It was 10:30 p.m. "It's your friend," said my Dad.  "She's in labor and wants you to come now." I grabbed my bag and jumped in the car.  It was a two hour drive to Mary Kate's house, but ... http://deafmomworld.com/the-honor-of-attending-a-water-birth/ From the time I was seven, I spent my summers at Christie Lake, a small lake located in Lawrence, Michigan. On the weekends, I would go up to the lake with my friend Chris, whose family owned a cottage. Most of our days were spent lazing on the water ... http://deafmomworld.com/the-ghost-at-christie-lake/