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Hello!

I am a SAH mom to 2 crazy girls, 5 and 2.5. My younger daughter, K, was born with severe bilateral SNHL. She failed her newborn screening and was aided at 4 months. Neither my husband or myself have a history of deafness/hearing loss in our families, so this was a whole new experience for us.

At this time, K is very much a signer and we are quickly on our way to becoming a bilingual and bicultural family.

I have lots of questions and thoughts which I will be sprinkling throughout the board. It seems that I have more and more questions as time passes. I look forward to finding my way with your help!
 
Hello.

"Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murd'ring pattle!

I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal!

I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
'S a sma' request;
I'll get a blessin wi' the lave,
An' never miss't!

Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An' naething, now, to big a new ane,
O' foggage green!
An' bleak December's winds ensuin,
Baith snell an' keen!

Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste,
An' weary winter comin fast,
An' cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell-
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.

That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble,
Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!
Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble,
But house or hald,
To thole the winter's sleety dribble,
An' cranreuch cauld!

But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear! "

Robert Burns fan?
 
:welcome: to AllDeaf forum. I hope you have lots of fun reading and posting like you did with Botts`s poetry here. See you around. :wave:
 
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