Author Archives: DMW
DVD Subtitles: Why Is It So Hard?
Living life as a deaf person can be difficult, particularly when I was not born deaf, and when I’m not 100% deaf. I’m what’s called profoundly deaf, in a nutshell I am truly 100% deaf to a large percentage of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Journal, movies, Personal, Thoughts
Tagged "closed captioning", "hard of hearing", accessibility, deaf, DVD, subtitles, The Royals, The Scribbler, TV
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Out Of My Life… Three Years Later
On June 16, 2012 I saw my mother for the very last time. It was brief; she was just dropping off my sister, thirty minutes late. I was getting married and my sister was my flower maiden, she was going … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, home, Journal, Life, Parenting, People, Relationships
Tagged "child abuse", "toxic relationships", cutting a person out of your life, forgiveness, growing up, letting go, mother, motherless, moving on, orphan, survivor
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A New Microwave In Question: When “The Best” Becomes Inconvenient
In every marriage there is one primary person who keeps track of the finances. It’s almost never one-sided, but someone checks online banking or sets up the auto-payments, looks through the bills to make sure everything is on the up-and-up … Continue reading
Posted in home, Personal
Tagged big purchase, finances, frugal, microwave, money manager, new appliance, oven
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