Deaf or alive

Deaf or alive: a portrait of family life is a guest blog by Maggi Summerhill.

Maggi comments on the trials and tribulations of juggling children, husband, and work as a freelance writer.

The Thai Way

I had to laugh out loud the other day. We were all at the table having dinner. A friend had joined us and there were lots of talking at laughing going on. Couldn’t quite follow what they were talking about as they were all interrupting each other, so I just ate my food and from […]

A poem about nature and a visit to the doctor

Chris was going to make history last week. He was chosen to represent his school with his poem Nature at the first ever Literary festival in Dinefwr; rubbing shoulders with well known Welsh literary artists such as Howard Marks, Gruff Rhys. Gillian Clarke and Joe Dunthorne ….. In case you are wondering, I can take […]

Had a rather nice Easter despite my bank

We hadn’t seen my stepdaughter for almost a year so we missed her at Christmas and her birthday had just past. Experience has taught us not to buy her gifts; much safer to let her choose something herself. We decided on a trip to Carmarthen on her last day and all piled into the car. […]

Bring it on!

I have started floating! Yes, you read that right and I mean it literally. And it’s wonderful. Us deaf folks have a very stressful life trying to keep up with what is happening in the hearing world. Getting introduced to people called Malcolm is particularly stressful -If you want to check it out have a […]

The little things in life

I’m sitting on the sofa, leg curled under me, the fire blazing reading a book by Paul Gilbert ‘The compassionate mind’ for the second time. Chapter 7 Mindful Preparation on the Road to Compassion. Chris (my 10 year old) hands me a note. That is to say he simply places in in the middle of […]

Know your limitations

It’s the time of year again; Alex has been asking me for the last week if we are coming for the parents evening at school. Rob is working and I – well to be honest am not looking forward to it. Last year he was still at the small Welsh primary school, the kind of […]

Hearing people struggle too!

I have a bit of a hangover this morning, but I’m happy. I went to the pub last night; Rob wanted to take me out for a birthday drink and I just thought – ‘hell, I have to try harder really.’ On the way there I was surprised how calm I felt really. I hadn’t […]