Last night while laying in bed, David said "Wow, Jacob is eating some crunchy chips." I turned to him in awe, "You can hear that?". Keep in mind our bedroom door was closed and we were downstairs. Jacob was upstairs in the loft. Mind blown.
We decided to play a game. I asked David to tell me everything that he could hear. He heard the chain on the ceiling fan lightly clinking on the light globe, the leaves were rustling outside, the wind, the computer was humming, the ceiling fan was humming, a bug buzzing, a bird singing, and every couple of minutes he could hear Jacob crunching on a chip. I could go on and on. Do know what I heard? Complete silence. I heard nothing.
All the while, I lay there in amazement. Logically I know that these things make sounds. I just didn't know people could hear them so plainly.
I felt like a blind person that was being told about the beauty of a sunset. I was struck with amazement, sadness, and wonderment. I cried.
I don't pity myself generally. I'm so thankful for the things that I do have. I rarely mourn the things that I don't have. Last night was an exception.
6 comments:
All you are missing is a bunch of distractions! I can't stand little noises, they make move to different parts of the house.
That's the general consensus. I've been told I'm lucky not to hear those things. But sometimes, I'm jealous of you hearing people. ;)
After I wrote that I realized that I sound very ungrateful. I'm glad I CAN hear.
but this is an ongoing issue for me. I always have to move away from things. Sometimes that includes my boyfriend!!!
Nah, I understand. I've been told that I'm not missing anything. Mostly I don't mind, but last night I was in a melancholy mood.
My biggest problem with my hearing loss is because of failures in communication. People that don't realize I'm hard of hearing, are easily offended. They think I'm ignoring them, when I just can't hear them. Ah well. It's all good.
I usually console myself by remembering that all the interesting stuff has a volume knob.
The chips weren't that crunchy, by the way.
Stupid hearing people.
Dude, he could hear them! Crazy talk.
Good point about the volume knob.
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