Tag: CODA
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Blessings in this New Year
Happy New Year! 2023 is here! It’s fun to know we will be living in the same house for the entire year. The husband is already looking at where we may move next. Life can’t always be predictable, but we can always adapt. Being a Sign Language Interpreter at my home church is such a…
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Falling into the Change of a New Season
Taking a family vacation takes…courage! While vacationing in New Hampshire, I heard a political commercial say ”When you’re the parent of a child with special needs you have to be strong.” Since my children have very specific sensory needs, I had to learn how to help them learn how to avoid meltdowns. It’s hard to…
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I’m always trying to do this
Well, it’s been 6 months now since we moved to St. Louis Missouri and life is starting to feel settled. The kids are in school, the husband works from home and I accepted a full time positive with an office outside of the home (Praise God). Every so often I will stop to wonder if…
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CODA: My Mom, My Identity
By Chelsea Hull originally published in The Communicator 8/2021 When the movie CODA came out recently, I watched it immediately and related to it on so many levels. When I tell people my mom was deaf, I get a lot of different reactions and questions. People often refer to me as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults),…
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Before the Time of the Sign Language Interpreter
By Chelsea Hull In a boring, white college classroom, about 15 of us sat on chairs. Everyone looked all bright-eyed with bushy-tailed. The emptiness of the room made our thirst for academics arousing, the anticipation of meeting the teacher, exciting. The crisp white blinds blocked the bright parking lights from glaring rudely in the room.…