Family

One year anniversary of losing my hearing - reflecting on adaptation, family understanding, sleep challenges, accessibility, and moving forward with single-sided deafness.

It has been exactly one year since I lost all hearing in my left ear. A lot has happened. 📝 Note This post is a follow up to my hearing loss and about my health. Read the first and second articles before reading this one. I am not going to recount how I lost my hearing. I have written two posts about that already. However, this post is about the first major milestone I am crossing now. ...

A heartfelt poem about adopting an elephant named Puttu and making him part of the family - exploring themes of love, care, and the bonds between humans and animals.

If I adopt an elephant, *I would name him Puttu* to remind him that no matter how gigantic he gets, he’s still my baby. I’d buy a sugarcane farm to feed him, and I’d hire a mahouta to teach him manners. I’d teach my children to ask him not for rides, but instead to ask him to pet them with his trunk. I’d teach him to sit and trumpet for bananas, and to roll in the dirt in summers to beat the heat. ...