Wow, a lot of your stories are sad and inspiring at the same time.. You people have so much strength inside you, you guys inspire me..
My life was pretty simple. I was an only child and my parents wanted everything best for me.. I didn't really want all of the things that they showered me with, I just wanted my hearing.. My parents dont really accept me for who I am.. When I was two my parents realized that I wasnt talking or hearing them right, they took me to a doctor in Cleveland but they said I was normal, hearing 100 %.. It didnt make sense to my parents so they took me to Columbus and they said I had a severe profound hearing loss.. It shook up my parents really bad.. My doctor told them that they would have to learn sign language so they can communicate with me.. But my mom got really angry, she was like im not going to have a deaf daughter, Im going to teach her to use her voice.. So with my moms hard work, I have a voice now.. Im really thankful of that..
But I went to a deaf program at a hearing school for a couple of years.. I had a lot of friends who were deaf, everytime they would come over my house, my parents wouldnt know how to communicate with them.. They would be like waving hi! Then they dont know what else to say to them, and they would be like kayla just go and take your friend and play.. I was so angry because they wouldn't know what my friends are really like... My best friend has a cholear implant, now she tries her hardest to lipread my parents, so now they know what she is like.. My parents dont really like deaf that much, i think it scares them on how much we have to go through.
I do have those family dinners at christmas time or whatever holiday, my family would be chatting away so fast and i wouldnt catch it all.. I would be like what are you guys talking about, whats so funny? They would be like
nevermind I hate that word SO much... They dont understand what I have to do through everyday of my life..
One day I was talking to my mom about college and I was thinking about going to RITD or Gally.. My mom got so angry with me and yelling at me, no you are not going to college there and hang with those kind of people and lose your voice.. I was like what the fuck? I hang out with my deaf friends all the time and i still have my voice.. My parents DONT understand what its like to me at all! IT SUCKS!
I still love them though..