Lovely poem thanks for sharing 
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May 5, 2016 at 12:30 am
(This post was last modified: May 5, 2016 at 12:30 am by Regina.)
Aww that's so heartfelt, thank you for sharing your story Rhonda. Lovely photo collection with your mother and family.
Congratulations as well, still going strong
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie  (May 4, 2016 at 8:49 pm)Mermaid Wrote: So what was the surgery? Did you get an implant?I have what is called a cochlear implant. The surgeon placed an array of electrodes near my cochlea (auditory nerve). The outside equipment is a microphone, speech processor and head piece that all fits behind my ear. The speech processor transforms sound into electric signals that travel across my skin to the electrodes that send it to my cochlea that send it to my brain that transforms it back into sound and after all that I say, “I’m fine. How are you?” When they first turned it on everything sounded like cartoon bells. After twelve years of deafness, I had to retrain my brain to process sound and make sense of it. I would call the public transit to listen to the recording. At first I could only make out a few words but missed most of it. Then after a while I could understand most of it and only missed a few words.
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. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. 
what about now Rhonda? Llike you were never deaf?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. (May 5, 2016 at 7:40 am)ignoramus Wrote: what about now Rhonda? Llike you were never deaf? I wish. But no, now it's like I have a moderate hearing loss. I hear environmental sounds very. Like I can hear my phone ring even if the phone is sitting up under the speakers blaring and I'm in the other room listening to an audio book. But I still have trouble with speech, especially when everybody's talking at the same time or when I call and the person has a deep accent. The upside is when somebody was fussing at me and I did not want to hear it, I just turned it off.
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. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. 
Love your poem! Do you recall the first piece of music you sought out after your procedure?
What a wonderful poem
You're such a brave and amazing lady  You never fail to impress me!
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Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists. Index of useful threads and discussions Index of my best videos Quickstart guide to the forum (May 5, 2016 at 10:49 am)Crossless1 Wrote: Love your poem! Do you recall the first piece of music you sought out after your procedure? I mostly sought all the music from when I was a kid in the late sixties and seventies. My cousin told me the music scene in the nineties was one long horrible open mic night. Now I listen to music all day now. If I’m not playing music, I’m not home.
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. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. (May 5, 2016 at 11:07 am)robvalue Wrote: What a wonderful poem Aww thanks! Brave and amazing? Well, it takes one to know one.
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. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. 
Congrats, Rhonda.
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