Everybody's Got A Job To Do, And

During A Visit To California, When A Friend Of My Grandmother's Told My Parents That I Must Be Deaf Because I Was Not Responding To Sounds, My Father Was Absolutely Convinced That I Was Simply Being Stubborn.

It Was Ability That Mattered, Not Disability, Which Is A Word I'm Not Crazy About Using.

I'm The Only One In My Family Who Is Deaf, And There Are Still Conversations That Go Around Me That I Miss Out On. And I Ask What's Going On, And I Have To Ask To Be Included. But I'm Not Going To Be Sad About It. I Don't Live In Sad Isolation. It's Just A Situation I'm Used To.

I'm Not Broke. Like Everybody Else, I Owe Money.

You Can Do Anything If You Set Your Mind To It. Look Out For Kids, Help Them Dream And Be Inspired. We Teach Calculus In Schools, But I Believe The Most Important Formula Is Courage Plus Dreams Equals Success.