Unmuted: The Necessary Chaos of Hearing Aids

Returning to the topic of hearing and listening here with a quick overview of the exhausting chaos that comes with learning to hear.  Amplified. The initial gift of restored hearing is both joy and misery wrapped with the same bow. I have a profound hearing impairment which impedes my ability to have normal conversations or …

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Rooted

“Will power and discipline alone can never fix your soul. Striving, pushing, and trying harder will not recover your life.”  – Adele Calhoun My proposed path winds through a gate and disappears into the rolling grass fields of a local 35 acre mountain retreat. In the gushing fall breeze, I wrestle with flapping paper and find my place on the …

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