It took a long time, but I finally did it!
I read an entire book in braille. I’ve never done that before.
I am a very slow braille reader and I never had the patients to finish a book.
I would always switch over to an audio book, or have the speech of jaws read it.
Being Deaf-Blind now, there isn’t much I can do and enjoy. At least, not that I have found yet.
But reading is fantastic. I’ve always loved books, but when you’re Deaf-Blind it is even better!
You feel so much like apart of the book. There were moments in this book when I felt like I was right there with them around Christmas time in New York City.
It’s great reading, but it also gets emotional. This book I just finished was “Passion’s Promise” by Danielle Steel, and near the end I felt the shock that the character did, and even now, I still keep thinking about it.
My books become reality for me while I am reading them. I can’t see, but with the descriptions in books, it is like I can see it right in front of me.
Now I can’t hear, but when I read, I don’t even think of that. I hear the voices of the characters, the music, or whatever it is that I am reading under my fingers.
I have a friend who is Deaf-Blind that has a line in her signature. “I read with feeling.” This is so true, we feel it not only wit our fingers, but also our souls.
by Olivia, on 10.02.09 @ 7:01 pm
Holly that was so well said. I know how it is to be lost in a book, and think it is awesome you are taking the time to read in braille! Go girl!