have you ever thought about what it would be like to lose your hearing, your sight, your mobility? i would like to spend a day being deaf, a day being blind, a day in a wheelchair, a day without an arm or a leg. i want to experience, first-hand, what it’s like to have to live with those restrictions. i can imagine what it would be like not to see, hear or walk, but i can’t ever know how it truly feels. if nothing else, it will better equip me for empathy.
\non a somewhat related note, the cute, deaf mover-guy keeps looking at me. i don’t mind. he’s nice to look back at; but, that got me thinking. i don’t know any sign language save for about 20 letters of the alphabet (i have a mental block regarding the other six) and although he has some spoken language, i wonder how he would go about chatting me up if he was so inclined. would he bring his translator along? would he write me a note? would he even bother trying to hook up with a hearing girl?
\ni think the toughest question of all is whether or not i’d be able to have a relationship with a non-hearing guy. would i buckle under the added pressures such a relationship would contain? could i look past the obvious hurdles and be able to get to know the person behind the handicap? these questions are providing some very interesting food for introspective thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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