Thank you to all. She is very depressed tonight, as this is a milestone birthday for her and she is nowhere where she hoped to be by now.
We kept trying to tell her how far she has come since she started treatment two years ago. But, when you're feeling low, you're just going to feel that way until you can absorb the good things.
But, KAM, those you tube videos were GREAT!!! What a great resource for her to come to. She actually undestood what the woman was saying!
She was showing the different ways people try to tell her happy birthday.
always a day late a dime short. Happy Birthday (slightly belated). Here's to better days ahead and full recovery.
Blessings
Posted by charlie (Member # 25) on :
And a HAPPY BIRTHDAY from a couple of Texans also....
Charlie & Jenny
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
kelmo, what's her first name please? i was going to write her a rhymning poem....
to kelmo's daughter,
may this next year be HEALTHIER & HAPPIER for you! as you have discovered, life can be the pits, but we pick each other up every day, and still have a GOAL in mind! yours will just come a little later than others your age.
i'm guessing you are turning 16 or 21!
congrats kelmo/hubby for creating your wonderful daughter on this day! Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
Happy, happy birthday to Kelmo's daughter.
Hope your day is filled with sunshine and the promises of rainbows.
Hugs,
Geneal
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Kelmo,
I was trying to find one with someone signing Happy Birthday to your daughter but could only come up with a couple of video's with the person signing Happy Birthday to themselves.
It is interesting all the different ways. In the area I lived it was signed with the birth sign and the day sign but we were shown the other ways too.
Deaf Ed was my undergrad work for 4 years.
At that time there was a great need for teachers for the Deaf and interpreters.
I assume there still is if your daughter is interested in going that route.
Interpreting can't really be a full time job although some do it full time.
I prefered teaching although I have done both.
Arizona is a good place to get training.
I think the laws have changed to. When I was going to school you needed to get your teacher's credential first and then work on getting your Deaf and Hard of Hearing Credential.
I believe you can go straight to getting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Creditional now.
One of my professors was Paul Ogden. He had a good book out which I am sorry but I can't recall the title right now. He revised the book while I was a student in the 90's.
He also wrote about his signal dog. The title of that book is Chelsea. She has since died, but it was good to see her in class with us daily.
He made a trip to New York while I was his student to be a guest on Good Morning America and some of the other shows.
He lives in the country so when they got to New York he said Chelsea was up all night with the new sounds. He said he slept fine...din't hear a thing. HA!
Chelsea was very anxious the whole time.Not use to the big city.
Chelsea is an easy read. Your daughter may be interested in reading it if that part of the brain is working.
I still haven't read his other book and would like to. I'd suggest the revised edition.
Posted by just don (Member # 1129) on :
Add me to the list of "Happy Birthday" wishers!!!
I swear I will be late for my own funeral,,,somehow!!
I hope she can take solace in how much better she UNDERSTANDS this disease NOW,,,and can get better as quickly as possible!! always--just don--
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
Kam...that is cool. You did a lot of work for that.
Her first venture into the outside world, she took a summer recreation class on sign. What she found was that she could retain the information (it had been a long time since her memory worked)
She also found that practicing helped give her hands something to do.
Lyme (bart, whatever) gave her OCD. She said she used to count her syllables before she spoke. Or she would count a pattern while watching the white stripes go by on the road.
Now, she can sign road signs as she passes them.
Her dream is to be an actress. You would think that's a frivolous dream. My husband thought so, too, until he saw her in a play in school.
She doesn't want the fame of it, she wants to create movies/plays that are family friendly, but have depth. She has a list of books she wants made into movies.
She figures that having the skill of sign language is something she can do to earn a living while persuing her dream.
At the school I work, there have been job openings unfilled for sign interpreters. Hospitals need them, theater uses them.
She is in her second semester, and really really likes it.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to get a teaching certificate, as substitutes are hard to come by.
Someday, KAM, when you are having a good week, we would like to drive up and visit for a few minutes (I mean a few minutes, don't want to tire you out). We like to go up to visit the camp in Mountain Meadows.
Will talk to you as July comes around.
Kelmo
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
What is the camp in Mountain Meadows? Is that Whispering Hope Ranch?
I'd like to get plugged into the Deaf Community when I get better and start to attend workshops and presentations again too.
Since coming down sick, I watch a lot more TV and movies than I ever did when well.
We just hear about such a small percentage of actors. There are so many others.
I watch the HallMark Channel for movies as they are usually positive.
They have both well known actors and some not so well known but very good. Not sure how all of that works.
Good luck to her.
And yes..it would be great if you could stop by.
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
Just saw this Kam.
I'll email you looong before we stop by to see you, and then again I'll contact you on the day of to see if you are up to it.
The camp we go to is actually called Mountain Meadows Ranch. The entrance is next to the Christopher Creek restaurant.
You can even drink the creek water there because it comes from a spring not far up the canyon.
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