Living with Hard of Hearing..

When I was a little girl, everything was great.. I was loving, cute, kind, and thought everyone could hear. As I grew up, I started to see that my father has things in his ears.. I thought that they were ear plugs; well, they are but there are not!!! They were hearing aids. I didn't know what they were and why he had them. As I got older, realizing that my dad was deaf and once he took the aids out, can't hear anything until he puts them back in. So screaming at him to hear was fun. Hearing aids aren't covered by insurance and cost a lot of money. My da's cost $2,500 each ear; that's $5,000!!! but I would rather have my da being able to hear and understand what others are saying.

The new abcfamily drama Switched at Birth made me think that I grew up with deaf and but in a different situation. When I see deaf people I feel sympathy and know what it is like to live in two different worlds. Living with a deaf parent and a hearing parent is strange. My dad only has one working hearing aid since they do cost a lot of money; and that is money that we don't have at the moment. I look at people that have hearing and look at the deaf and think that I have to live with both. It is difficult. I have to watch how high the volume is and make sure that things are good. When I hear the hearing aid buzzing that means my da is sleeping or napping. When it is late at night, that means its time for bed. He gets up and goes to bed. 

Having to deal with the hearing impaired does't help in public places like eating out and going somewhere. You can only talk to the left ear since that has the hearing aid. Having to talk for a man that can but can't really hear what the other person is saying.
 All I am saying is that people have to make sure other can hear and help those that need it. Making things easy for people that do not understand is a help and as is having Braille for those who are blind. My aunt is blind and my da is legally blind without is glasses. Having things simple is a way of caring and knowing they can communicate with others!

- Shannon

Nov. 13, 2011

it has been a long while since i last wrote in this blog. a lot has happened over the past one year. i turned 17, got an other tattoo, senior year of high school, got a job, and getting my license.

picture of my tattoo is coming soon but, its time for an update!

working has been a great way to escape from home. but i did have to go to the hospital for reasons that i am not going to disclose.

also, i have been working on my singin... my voice is not the same as it was while i was in choir, but im working on.... i have been dancing and losing weight... i love to sing and dance but wont turn it in to a career...

my career is history and communications.. if that doesn't work, i will go back to school to be a nurse... i could skip school and join the navy to be a nurse.. i would what to be a VA nurse.... i could work anywhere in the country and be able to give aid to those who have severed....

i started an independent study project about the American Legion... if you have any questions on what the Legion is, post a comment, send an email with your username and Legion in the subject, or www.legion.org will give you all the info you need to know... being a member, i know many things but this project is going to let me see a different side of the largest veteran's organization in the country...

i am still injured... i still am not allowed to play sports the way i used to do.. but, i still play soccer and volleyball for fun!!! archery is archery... what else can i do but stand, point, aim, shoot... but there is more than that and if you choose archery, you have to learn on your own how to be ONE with the bow!!! not to mention, wind speed is a bi*** to get when you shoot soo be careful...

there is not really else that i could talk about....

Bíodh lá iontach! na Sionainne

earrings....

i am working on getting my earring to sell and its not working soo i finally made a website to show them. they are a free formed and what i make.... its who ever wants them the most... just look at the site and them if you like the pair, post a comment on the earring pair or send me an email to punkgurl9859@yahoo.com with your name and earring pair... my price for each pair is $15....

you can also email me at the email address above to ask any questions


here is the link: http://62060287.nhd.weebly.com/

my SAD life

i never realized how much my life really sucks... walking into my house is like having depression everyday and i cant handle it anymore. i am happy that school is almost over and then i still need to find a job... for once, i just want this to go my way and not have any rules... i have allows thought that i am living the dream of my mother... but, i still cant really talk to my parents about what has happened over these past 2 years... i just want to have another mental episode but i know that also wont help me either. well, i gtg, doing hmwk and watching a movie...

later

Aly's Party

Today is Aly's party... i have been getting ready..... but it has been a day.... well, my stress meter today is a 4 on a scale of ten.... singing to calm down... i watched this moive titled "The Babysitter's Seduction" and let me tell you, i didn't recognize Kerry Russel....


later... the party was great.... i had soo much fun!!!

Friday April 23, 2010; 2:45pm

its 2:45pm here in the okay state New Jersey. i am singing Nickelback's "Just To Get High" of their new album "The Dark Horse". this song is amazing and i know people like that. it is sad that people do drugs and drink to cope with pain or something..... i know what the feeling of a family member that watching a member like that... it is depressing. i wish that i could go to school in Europe and see the world. I love culture,music, and learning new cultural things. since i am half Irish, i can speak Irish Gaelic, and i really want to learn the cultures of my heritage. i am German, Scottish, Irish, Cherokee Indian, Sioux Indian, and some Caribbean islands. i know that's a lot of traveling and learning what you family did before coming to America. my lineage is a lot to see as well. i know in Scotland , we have a family castle on my dad's side. and my mom's family used to be part of the slave trade. but, there one common on both sides of the family; the military. both my grandfathers, a few uncles and cousins have served in the military within different branches. well, i know that its early but i have to leave for the library my place of volunteering/work... i don't get paid... i will be back later.... maybe....



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