tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post1924492916682209633..comments2023-04-30T05:50:35.028-07:00Comments on Our Journey To Norah & Our Exchange Student Annie From China.: Norah had a birthday party to go to that wasn’t hers.Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637240606986603924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-4719134278774473432009-08-24T19:09:44.257-07:002009-08-24T19:09:44.257-07:00Bonjour votre petite Norah est tellement magnifiqu...Bonjour votre petite Norah est tellement magnifique! Tous les jours nous suivont votre blog. Norah nous donne l'énergie pour continuer notre attente de notre petite Ann-Sue LID 18 mai 2006. Si un jour vous venez à Québec dites le nousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-50783645208453530712009-08-24T19:07:33.166-07:002009-08-24T19:07:33.166-07:00bonjour, nous sommes en amour avec Norah... elle e...bonjour, nous sommes en amour avec Norah... elle est adorable! tous les jours nous suivons votre blog. Norah nous donne de l'énergie pour continuer notre attente vers notre petite Ann-Sue LID 18 mai 2006. Si un jour vous venez à Québec dites le noussab & gishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144514822951129937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-88464388081559959912009-08-24T19:04:41.065-07:002009-08-24T19:04:41.065-07:00Bonjour, quelle est magnifique Norah! À tous les j...Bonjour, quelle est magnifique Norah! À tous les jours je vais voir votre site. Si vous venez un jour au Canada plus précisément à Québec dites le nous... on seraient fous de joie de vous voir.<br />Norah nous donne le courage de continuer.. nous attendons notre petite Ann-Sue avec impatience LID 18 mai 2006.sab & gishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144514822951129937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-22567435226459308052009-08-15T20:58:44.513-07:002009-08-15T20:58:44.513-07:00I just stumbled across your blog, thought I'd ...I just stumbled across your blog, thought I'd quickly scroll through it, but before I even got through the first page I was standing here in my kitchen with tears in my eyes. What a beautiful, beautiful daughter. I plan to visit this site frequently!<br />Martha<br />Mom to 15 month old Rachel from VietnamMSChazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487747921681803030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-80878740632839613662009-08-13T19:01:21.033-07:002009-08-13T19:01:21.033-07:00I feel honored to have been there to see Norah'...I feel honored to have been there to see Norah's first duck duck goose, anytime she has a first it so special. To see her eyes like up is amazing, reminds me of the 1st time Riley saw the microwave work ! When I saw the girls get the gifts and not Norah I could see it coming ! Bless her little heart, she did so good ! She is such a beautiful child !Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094205635596497916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16279318.post-19366146601475782042009-08-13T10:53:27.534-07:002009-08-13T10:53:27.534-07:00Oh, what a heartbreaking story!!!! I have one to s...Oh, what a heartbreaking story!!!! I have one to share with you. When I was in interpreter training, my favorite teacher, born deaf, had the most fascinating stories. One day we were just shooting the breeze and he told me 2 stories. First, when he was around 4 or 5 years old, and not yet in school, (and no language since at that time in the early 40's he was forced to be oral) He could figure out what type of magic his mother posessed, that whenever she went to the door there would be Grandma and Grampa standing there. Or the mailman. Or his sisters friend from down the street. So he would be playing with his toys and decide to go open the door himself, but there would be nobody standing there to play with him, or to visit. He tried to ask his mother how she did that trick, but she didn't have a way to explain to him that she HEARD the knock or the doorbell. It was a mystery to him for many years. He went to oral school until he was 9 years old, at which time a deaf residential school opened in their town. He didn't have to live there, but his mother drove him every morning and picked him up every afternoon. His very first day he walked into a school full of flying hands and was very scared. But the other kids knew the fear, and they helped him along. And, on the second day of school he learned the most important information of all...he learned he had a name! His parents had never had a way to teach him his name. My teacher, Neil, cried as he told me this story in 1992, and it's one I keep close to my heart, because he let me into that part of his world. Just thought I'd share, because the story of the birthday party reminded me of his experience. Like you, I pray that Norah's implants are successful. She is an amazing little girl,and extremely intelligent, and no matter what her future holds, she's going to soar!Leah Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326240393099112570noreply@blogger.com