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Today is a Special Day
Rhondazvous Offline
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Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 4:46 pm (This post was last modified: May 4, 2016 at 4:57 pm by Rhondazvous.)
Today, May 4, marks the 16th anniversary of the surgery that restored my hearing after 12 years of profound deafness. I wrote Sound in tribute to my friends who made the effort to communicate with me when I could not hear at all.  Enjoy!
Sound

When I was a ghost
Imploding in silence
My mind fed on regurgitations of life
Brimmed over with old stuff to share
Like a fountain in a park
Where the people use their pennies for the bus

When I was asleep
I thought I was awake
Until I really did wake up
And realized I'd been asleep

You really don't know
What your words have meant to me

When I was a ghost
A solid word anchored me in reality
When I was asleep
An eye to eye encounter
Rocked me in comfort
Roused me to love

The following video is the trailer for Speaking for the Child: An Autobiography and a Challenge.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vfrNZqadGM
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 5:44 pm (This post was last modified: May 4, 2016 at 5:58 pm by Athene.)
Lovely poem, Rhonda.  Smile
By the way, what ever came of your plans to relocate to Dallas?
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 5:51 pm
THAT    WAS    BEAUTIFUL.
Thank you, Rhonda.
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May 4, 2016 at 6:40 pm (This post was last modified: May 4, 2016 at 6:53 pm by brewer.)
Excellent!

Edit: Hey youse guys: If you haven't been to her web site you're missing out!

Keep it up girl!
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 6:51 pm
You are a true inspiration....

Thank you just for mixing with us heathens!
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 6:53 pm
Wow! This is an astonishing story.

Happy anniversary, Rhonda!
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 7:22 pm
Congratulations, Rhonda

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 7:23 pm
Always appreciate learning of medical success stories.
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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 8:29 pm
(May 4, 2016 at 5:44 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Lovely poem, Rhonda.  Smile
By the way, what ever came of your plans to relocate to Dallas?
Aw girl, I came home from the store one day and was so overwhelmed by a sense of home that no way could I give it up for some dingy little hole in the wall in Dallas. Knowamsane?

Good thing is that I know have a spare hearing device so if I have a problem with the primary device, I won't be in such a dire predicament like before.

Thanks for remembering.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

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RE: Today is a Special Day
May 4, 2016 at 8:49 pm
So what was the surgery? Did you get an implant?
If you did, can you describe what it was like when they turned it on?
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