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Silent First Snow:

Today was definitely something beautiful. Snow fell for the first time this season in Michigan. I know that doesn’t sound that appealing to some but this was my first snow experience since being deafened. Watching the snow I was mesmerized. My mind wandered to recalling sounds of winter and the holiday season. I tried to recall things that made winter so memorable… Sledding down the sand dunes of Lake Michigan… building snow forts with my brother… The taste of hot chocolate and making cookies and gingerbread houses… Christmas music getting stuck in my head and my family decorating the house with lights and putting up our Christmas tree with all of our keepsake ornaments… watching my favorite holiday movies that I’ve seen countless times but it always seems like the first time.

That’s when I paused….

Everything since April (since my surgery and becoming deafened) was a first for me. As if I born again… well no I am still who I’ve always been but I have been given the chance to relive experiences again. Obviously things like first learning to drive or my first kiss aren’t really something I can relive. I know how to drive… and my first kiss on that little bridge over the stream by my house is a memory. Referring back to my favorite holiday movies that I’ve seen countless times is similar to the small things I experienced when I was younger that are vague memories… I get a second chance to relive those childhood moments. Everything in life to me is being viewed if I were a child. That’s why this snow is so amazing.

So this is my something beautiful…snow!