The Amazing Mom of Luke

March 7, 2009 in Deaf Experiences
Tags: American Sign Language, deaf children of hearing parents, house visits, Jefferson Cortez, signing moms, The Amazing Race 14, women's month

One amazing quality I find in her is that Margie is a signing Mom! Ever since I started teaching for the deaf in 1991, I can barely count in my two hands the number of moms who are skilled signers. Forget about being a SKILLED signer. A simple day-to-day conversational signing is good enough for me. Yet, even with that minimum ability, I can hardly find one. It’s a tragic and heartbreaking feeling for me.

Four Days of House Visits

April 26, 2008 in Deaf Experiences
Tags: house visits, Ilocos Sur, La Union

Hello to everyone who might have a chance to read my blog. You know writing oftentimes is very therapeutic. I need to have a therapy for free. So I write a blog.
Last April 17 – 20, around six of us left from Manila to the North. I was accompanied by four deaf persons, [...]