I think Gabe’s point was that maybe in order to interact with a variety of people will help Susie develop a wide range of communication method and self confidence. Maybe not. Some people can quickly learn and adapt while others don’t have the ability for different reasons. Each couple are allow to have different views. I see that Gabe really loves Susie and both give so much support to each other. Gabe supports Susie to be the best she could and that’s what we should do, encourage and support others to thrive to be the best in the best ability as possible.

OK Gabe, well not to nag on it, but yes. Suzie, as well my own life in grade school was alot different from what you had. Although there was a Deaf school in NYC. It was not really publish from mainstream like suzie and I. So we had to be very orally to get our needs. That is why even still today i personally have a hard time Signing and not doing any mouth moving. Think to be in our shoes. where twice a week some time three times a week being pulled out of our classes and have to show up for “speech class”. We had to learn to be pure oral. I don’t ever even recall back in time ask if we were interested in Sign language, it was just voice and that it. We were even criticized by our speech teacher to say so and so correctly even if we can’t hear it. Believe me, it was hard. I am sure suzie even says it. Our little goup (suzie, christina, lisa, and myself) where we all raise same way.. speech speech speech, not a word of sign, wish that we at least had known ASL through school age. To have proper interpreter and all to help us through rather then us asking each other “what did that person say?” We had it hard, but we made it.

Help with children and behavior? email me what kind of problem you having. If it basic behavior, like sit down and be quiet and listen. Humm, should be easy. Get, if you can there don’t know what you have there, but like small candy bars or piece of hard candy. If they listen and learned by the end of the day with out one trouble. Give them a candy for reward. Sometime just takes little bribe to get to the point, but it helps. Well like i said email me situations and i be more then happy to try to help with advice. Sometimes, it might be that a child feels there no point cause there no future. If you remind him/her, “they can make that change and if they really want to, they need to work it and prove that they are capable.”. Take it from our own “deaf ” experience back in USA. Before 1973, we were consider Deaf = DUMB” (oh how i really hate that line the most too)
but it was the truth back then of psychological thinking. Yet we forth for the rights and we made it happen. They just have to keep positive and take the bright side of it all.

Well i know you don’t have lots of ti me on the net so I’m going to cut it from here. Happy Thanksgiving ( that today in USA). Best of luck and enjoy your time while can..

oh BTW, Yes you and susie ARE different. Think how boring life would be if everything was the same. it like a paper color in just ONE color.. boring So the two you is nothing more then just “NORMAL COUPLE” lol..

see yah .

Would you mind if I linked you from my blog? I’ve put up a photo that you took in Dubai of me and would like to give you a proper credit!

Hope you and Suze are well.

Caroline xx