One Soulful Night
Conquering Freedom "One Soulful Night" A few weeks back, a good friend of mine and his wife invited me to dinner. The dinner was a fundraiser for a non profit called The Auditory Verbal Center. The purpose of this organization is to serve people who are hard of hearing or who are deaf at varying degrees. With this comes many challenges in communicating with people but most importantly just the simple delight in hearing the lovely sounds we take for granted everyday. While I do not have any speech impediments or a loss of hearing, I became really inquisitive with this cause and the people impacted because to me it seemed pretty extreme. I mean how is it POSSIBLE to navigate life without the ability to hear? I could not begin to imagine. I've always delighted in the sounds of everything yet it again it seems like another thing I have taken for granted. Can you picture not being able to hear the voices of your significant other, your mom or dad, ...