I really loved your story. I'm hearing and am fluent in ASL. I have friends and family who are Deaf, my boyfriend Necoas is Deaf and black, but he's a total sweetheart. I'm an ASL freak. Me and my boyfriend met on Facebook. He's a good christian man.

My late husband was deaf. He had a CI in his 30's, he didn't go deaf until he was 6. His parents abandoned him after he became deaf. He was adopted after that, but he was very angry at God for SO long after that. Your husband is really lucky to have an entire family that learned ASL. That is super rare. I myself am hearing and I met my late husband on Livejournal. I didn't know ANY asl when we met and he was super rusty because he never used it (he was also legally blind) . We got married in Houston and went to a deaf LDS branch in Houston and it was the best time in my life until he passed away. I have made SO many deaf friends and I learned so much. They supported me through my grief. But even that led me to more. I met my current husband interpreting for a friend (when I was a widow) at a Fireside for Single Adults. He learned ASL then (by then I was fluent). We now teach ASL in San ANtonio area (supported by the church) and interpret for the deaf in our Ward, which is the ASL magnet ward.

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing your story! Wishing the best for you, Steve, and your daughter!

That's super exciting! We appreciate interpreters for sure!!

Please stop waste your time and Cued Speech instead.

I encourage you get involve with deaf people. Bec some interpreters had no idea what it was like to hang out or being around with deaf people. They could effect on your thoughts, emotions and point of views in different ways - which could be negative and positive. The key is being interpreter MUST learn to love deaf people. From my experience, for example, I never went in interpreter's room (much later I learned that room is also for aides) at school where I worked as DHH Aide for deaf program. I am deaf and love to work with students and know mostly people at school. By the way, I went in that room bec one of interpreters invited me to eat lunch with her. I thought that was cool. So, while I sat by the table eating my lunch. One of others just came in the room and saw me. She immediately get her lunch and went out of the room. I thought she might hurried left for her schedule to interpret. But then interpreter who invited me made her face and said she did not want to sign in front of me in same room and wanted to get out to be alone by herself. I was puzzled and dumbfounded. I noticed her behavior from time to time avoid around me. To be honest, her being interpret is so amazing but I don't understand why she acted that way until one day she told me when she was high school student or after high school (can't remmy which), she learned some signs. Her mother encouraged her to take course to become an interpreter. She thought that was a great idea which she did. But she really experience hang out with deafies before? Not know about that? Few yrs later, she left her job. I have no idea if she continue her job as interpreter in other place?? Anyway, My personal experience facing with interpreters in some good ways and some not. So, in my life and thought myself, I feel I need to tell anyone who is interesting to become interpreter... strongly encourage all should get involve with deaf people to help them understanding better for themselves and know what is best for their future.

@@mbu8340 Many hearing parents think ASL is difficult but Cued Speech (Cued Language Transliteration) is not difficult

Thank you for sharing, that’s a sweet story!

Thanks for your support and for sharing your story with us!

Thanks for the support! We will definitely have more videos coming!

That’s awesome!!

Thank you!

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Yeah! Ben served in California and I served in Romania

Thanks for the support! Best of luck learning ASL!

Thats still awesome you could learn ASL later down the road!

Hi Barb! Yes, I remember you both. I am thankful for the role you played in my journey and I think I could hold a conversation a little better now than when I was in elementary school LOL! Miss you too!

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Wow, that’s super impressive! Thanks for sharing!

ASL Together thank you. It’s been a lot of hard work like easily was putting in 30 hours a week before the spring semester started. Still have a ton to learn but I’ve enjoyed every second of it! Looking forward to more videos! God bless

Austin Lang how do you slow down the video on KZfaq?

Julie Davis in the video you go up to the 3 line/dots on the top right side click on it and go to playback speed

Best of luck with your new hearing aids!

also, newborn hearing screening was not nationally implemented until 1999....

Hi!!