I participated in an IEP meeting today in which the mother got visibly upset when I spoke of her child's hearing loss. She was most upset because she wanted to help her child and just didn't feel as if she knew exactly what to do. I'm certain my mother went through the same thing, too. It's tough when you don't know exactly what to do.
Sometimes the only thing you can do is continue to love your child be supportive in education, like this mother is and my mother was. I have many question to ask God, and one day, when I get to Heaven, I may ask Him why He made me deaf. Not sure what I'll do-I'll see God! I may be speechless-I may ask Him to give me the answers to all of the mysteries of the world...Where's the Ark of the Covenant? Where's the Garden of Eden? What happened to Amelia Earhart?
Until I get to Heaven, I can only accept my hearing loss and use that to glorify God. He made me perfect in His eyes. He knew what He was doing when He created me. He had a reason for me to be deaf. I wish I could have stepped away from an education setting right into a ministerial setting, and comforted this mother at the meeting. Being deaf is tough, but not impossible!
