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Church Goers

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I would make a vlog but seem my ASL isn’t clear enough.   I was telling about church and people who attends there.   In my past, I went to church in dressy code and no one would believe to wear the shorts or blue jeans but except farmers uses the overalls.   The Baptist would say, it is  illegal to wear jeans or dance.   I not know a lot of Catholic or Church of Christ myself, but heard few things of their beliefs and illegals, too.  I can not say no more.

Now I barely went to church but last Sunday morning, went to church with friends.   I looked around people before I would speak out that there is very flexible dress code and possible un-legal issue.    I just wore my pants and nice shirt, I believe it in right way but I admitted I wore blue jeans for church for Sunday nights in my youth years.  I seen few wear nice shorts and blue jeans in church morning…I watch the sign language interpreter who have tattoo on her forearm but not bad showing.  I knew few church has “rule” on people who have tattoo or their sex genders.

Why I said sex genders?  Because there is very tough for people who is in small community of church has written say, no tattoos, earrings, dress code, and genders.   A lot of church has open arms to anyone who need their care and support…to help them put back to their foot.   That church we been heard was bad example role for everyone that we been fighting for.   Of course they embarrassed me because I am baptist and am very flexible to wear jeans, has tattoos and who I am.   I disliked that chuch anymore, but I still stand for this church who support and open arms to anyone.

I met and seen pastors who are ex cons and has tattoos.  They are very aware and use their experience to show the role that no one has closed door for anyone who need us and our help.   I not see any wrong about them who are they or wear tattoos.    Also, met priest who is lady and preaching in God’s word like pastors do.   They are alike them and us…tattoos or genders.  They are very lovely people and us, too.   There is no enemies.

Love thy neighbors.

– DW

You deaf?

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Why I ask?  Many times, I was asked “you deaf?”  Yes, sure I am deaf.  Other time, unfortunately I also was asked “you hearing?”  Haha but true!  I born profiund deaf and had total communication before ASL comes out.   I used oral with sign language but NO voice at all.   The deaf people thought I am hearing.  They should know I uses the sign language, of course obvious I am deaf.   The hearing people knew I am deaf and whisper a lot so no one understand me.  Many times, I was asking to interpreted for them, I would be totally lost! 

Why I am write here?  Lot of people thought all hard of hearing are HEARING like them.   I would say, “no, not all.”  Because of their life as deaf in their growing up social with deaf people and they considered themselves deaf too.   Most of people who are hearing loss in late year, can be hard of hearing because they knew how sound like or use the regular phase in their life.   

Let’s say about cochlear implants users who has been deaf at born and still DEAF.  They not aware how sound like or use the regular phase in their life.  They had speech therapy to understand them.  The people who has hearing loss in late years, will quality have CI because they can hear again.  We, deaf adults not like the idea for deaf kids to have CI in earlier years (in born to teenagers years) because the kids would not have good life in the future.  I mean they can’t play in rough sports or careless accident happens in earlier years.   You know how kids careless accidents happens offen, right?  That is not good idea. 

I know few deaf adults who had kids who also deaf and put the CI.

We were told that adults who has CI when they were kids, “they are not happy with their life because they can’t play like any kids.”  They are very self-conscious.   So will you ask them, “you deaf?”   Yes with their face smiled.

– DW