better late than never

i've been meaning to make m a book about her deafness, and about what it was like when she was a baby, since she doesn't remember the many different seasons of her hearing loss: getting diagnosed, wearing hearing aids, the process to get implants, the first days of getting her implants turned on, etc.

finally(!) i made one last week, and it's quickly become a very special treasure for m. 

she is very slow to want to share it with other people when they come over; i think she feels like it belongs to her (which it does) and so she can decide when she wants to share it. at the same time she is very proud of it and wants me to read it to her or to look through the pictures herself every day. she is so interested by peeks at her surgery bandages, all of the people who came to visit her in the hospital, and early images of her audiology appointments. it reminds me how powerful story is, and how important it is to tell our little ones their stories.

here are a few (poor, quick) shots off of my phone to give you an idea of what i made:

(ruby gets to look at it with lots of supervision...

this is why i made two copies- a hard cover and soft cover) 

{hope you all have a good monday! 

i've been hit with the sick stick, so today is shaping up to be highly unproductive and very blah}