I love visiting museums. Don’t you? Lipreading Mom is fortunate to live in the same state as the United States’ only Deaf cultural museum. The Deaf Cultural Center and William J. Marra Museum (DCC) in Olathe, Kansas, houses artifacts from the Kansas School for the Deaf (located across the street) and much more… State and … Continue reading
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Do You Blog? Join the Lipreading Mom Book Blog Tour in April and May
To celebrate the recent launch of Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom, I am going on a book tour…a cyber one. During the months of April and May, I am asking all my blog followers who have a blog of their own to consider hosting me as a guest on your site. This would consist … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: Broken and Beautiful
I am not so sure I like what I see today. Sags under the eyes, a mass of hair twisted into a low ponytail, my ears completely exposed. It took me two years before I’d let this much of myself show. My bottle blonde hair and palette of cosmetics usually help me blend in with … Continue reading
Did You Miss the Lipreading Mom Online Book Launch? Here is a Transcript
I’d like to start by confessing something to you. It’s kind of embarrassing, but…here goes. Writing Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom was like giving birth to an elephant baby. You see, I never intended to sit down and write a book about all my issues. I can go to my counselor for that! I … Continue reading
Lipreading Mom Invites You to Online Book Launch Event March 22
You are invited to participate in the live web event, “ConfessionsBookParty,” March 22, 2013, 9:00-10:00pm Central Time. Join Lipreading Mom (a.k.a. Author Shanna Groves) as I read from and answer questions about my new book, Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom (CrossRiverMedia, 2013). Click here to attend this free event. Click here to read more … Continue reading
Faith, Friendship, and Hearing Loss – By RJ Thesman
By RJ Thesman / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Our bylines appeared in the index of the best-selling anthology, “A Cup of Comfort Devotional for Mothers.” Still, we did not meet until we read our devotions at Homer’s Coffee House in Overland Park, KS. After the reading, she came forward to greet me and I knew then, … Continue reading
Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom Available March 22
In Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom, I explore the roller coaster ride of progressive hearing loss, which was diagnosed two months after my first child was born. I was 27. Three healthy kids later, my hearing loss has accelerated. Sounds I once took for granted – the doorbell, smoke alarms, baby cries – are … Continue reading
Bullying Doesn’t Stop This Show Me Your Ears Fan
Tara Chevrestt learned about Show Me Your Ears through another website. The author, editor, and former aviation mechanic has worn hearing aids since the age of 11. In school, she was teased for her hearing aids. Hearing loss bullying made her hide them as much as possible. “It took me years to get the courage … Continue reading
Meet Sarah Churman, YouTube Star and Author of Powered On
You may remember Sarah Churman from a popular YouTube video. She sat in an audiologist’s office, waiting for her implantable hearing aid to be activated. When the “switch” turned on and Sarah could hear, her emotional response brought many of us to ears—Lipreading Mom included. Watch that captivating video here. That’s why I am thrilled … Continue reading
The Oklahoma Town Where My Hearing Loss Story Begins
Washita, Oklahoma, is the inspiration for my 2009 novel, Lip Reader, a story of one family dealing with genetic deafness. I hadn’t visited that town in 13 years, not until I drove down the dusty two-lane road in search of answers to my own hearing loss. The reason I wrote Lip Reader—a book that is … Continue reading
