Hearing my Baby Cry for the First Time
One of the things that has been very precious to me throughout my life is hearing. Having lost the vast majority of it as a child, I found myself always craving to hear sounds – any sounds that would be sharper than the muffled world around me.
We never really had much money either, so my parents couldn’t do much about my condition. It wasn’t until my uncle passed away and willed me some money to buy hearing aids that I was finally able to regain most of the hearing that I had lost.
Though the first hearing aid that we bought wasn’t the greatest, it was the first step on my journey to recover my ability to hear the world around me. With each step towards my goal, the world became a little louder and the smile on my face became a little bigger.
If it wasn’t for Uncle Dan, I would have never had the opportunity that I had last night – hearing my newborn baby cry for the first time. I couldn’t stop the tears, but it was the happiest moment of my life. Even when Jules is sleeping here on my chest right now, I can’t imagine my life without him. I am just so happy that I could hear his first moments of life in our world – I’ll cherish those sounds forever.
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