Deaf coffee chat

I have probably talked about the deaf chat

before but I got guilted into going again this

month.  I don't know any of the people

that go (the deaf people, I mean) and they

all talk so fast, but I was able to communicate

with one gentleman.  I didn't talk a lot to

him, just a couple of sentences, but he

understood what I was saying.  It's good

practice, I suppose.  Then the kids from

the local high school came in.  About 6 of 

them.  These kids have sign classes every

day and go to the chats for extra credit.  Here

are these teens signing away and I'm thinking

maybe I'll just shrink down into my chair.

I wonder if I will ever be good enough to 

hold down a decent conversation.  If the 

Lord brings you to it He'll bring you through

it I guess and I do feel like He brought me

to this.  I need to practice more, but it's

hard to practice with no feedback and

kind of boring, too.  Oh well.

This didn't come out like I imagined it in

my head, but I still think it looks OK.  I

should have used a different paper on

the front, I think.  Maybe a vintage brown

instead of pink.  It goes with the washi tape

on the inside though.  When I first bought it, 

I thought it was just roses.  After I got back

to Robin's and looked at it again I saw

it had birds on it.  I might not have bought

it if I noticed that, but it's still pretty.

It looks like it might rain/storm today.  That

would be very cool, but I'm not holding my

breath and I sure don't want to happen here

what happened in Kokomo earlier this week!

I didn't hear of any fatalities thankfully, but

a starbucks got taken to the ground by a 

tornado and by the grace of God the people

there were in a corner bathroom on the only

wall standing!  The ironic part is that two of

them were not even from here but here for a

business meeting.  One from Florida and the

other from North Carolina.    I'm very glad

everyone was OK!  How scary.