Sometimes people say my hearing loss is ironic. I have been involved in the deaf world for all these years, and now I have a hearing loss of my own. People love to comment about the irony of this, so much that I’m tired of hearing about it. Now I think of it in terms of fate. Maybe all those years were preparation for my own hearing loss. I certainly didn’t cause it intentionally – it hurt like a bitch and messed up my vacation – but it did happen. So maybe the stars were just aligning me to that point. Hell, I don’t know. But every time somebody says how ironic it is, I can’t help thinking to myself about fate.
I have to go back to homework now, but that’s food for thought.