Tishia's Thoughts

Not blogging lately
Tishia's Thoughts Been busy! Wigglebutt has therapy scheduled five days a week, I went to a deaf town meeting to discuss how to approach the legislators at Jefferson City on Wednesday evening, went out to apply for a few jobs but had to quit doing that because the state of Maine reminded me that I'm not allowed [...]
Art and Storytelling Sun, Feb 08 2009

Sign name for Obama
Tishia's Thoughts The deaf community have decided on a sign name for Obama. You can see Kirsti's vlog here where she tells all about it. You hearies, it is captioned.
Language Legal Culture Sun, Jan 18 2009

My fight is over.
Tishia's Thoughts Okay you deafies, you’re wondering why it matters that you actually file a formal compliant with the state. This is why. My fellow deafies of the area who has been going to Burrell, when I told them that they are mistreating me along with the other deafies of the area, you know what they said? What [...]
Language Audism Culture Sat, Jan 17 2009

Message to Springfield Deaf Community
Tishia's Thoughts Dear Springfield Deaf Community, Shawn and I will be returning to Springfield on February 4th from 6:30pmto 8:30 pm at the Library for Legislative and systems advocacy training. We will focus on the legislative process, how to talk with legislators and their staff, the elements of good talking points and other methods of effective [...]
Legal Tue, Jan 06 2009

Craziness
Tishia's Thoughts I have not been blogging lately because of the craziness lately. I already told you our car died. Since then, my husband was laid off right when he was due for a promotion and transfer. He applied for unemployment immediately (December 14, and those of you who may remember, yes, that is my birthday) and [...]
Culture Sat, Jan 03 2009

My first vlog
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Culture Sat, Dec 27 2008

Honest Scrap Award
Tishia's Thoughts I commented about Andrea forgetting a seventh and voila, I’m the seventh! So here we are. This prize comes with rules, which is to write a post about it linking back to the blog I spotted it at, which is Andrea’s. I need to choose at least seven blogs from my blogroll and list them [...]
Media Language Audism Tech Legal Culture Wed, Dec 17 2008

~ SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY ~ by Paul J Kiel: A LETTER TO REP....
Tishia's Thoughts ~ SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY ~ by Paul J Kiel: A LETTER TO REP. SARA LAMPE: SUICIDE: A LONELY JOURNEY TO THE DARK SIDE. Here is Paul Kiel's take on the same mental health issues in the state of Missouri. I thought it may be interesting for all of you to read about a different PersPective [...]
Language Audism Legal Culture Mon, Dec 15 2008

Bringing you all up to speed…
Tishia's Thoughts I’ve not been blogging because I have been busy! I have been meeting with three people from DMH so far, meeting with my representative and emailing my state senator, and keeping my hands to the ground about what’s going on in Jefferson City. Now that it’s the weekend, I am wiped out. Unfortunately, I have [...]
Language Audism Legal Culture Sat, Dec 13 2008

74 cars zoomed by….
Tishia's Thoughts without slowing down to see if we needed any assistance when the car broke down on I-44. There was three cars that slowed down to ogle the smoke coming from the radiator but nobody actually offered to help us; even when they could see we had two terrified screaming babies in the backseat. It got [...]
Language Culture Thu, Nov 27 2008

Thanksgiving is right around the corner-
Tishia's Thoughts Thanksgiving is right around the corner. That means I have been cooking up a storm! I've finally finished all of my Turkey Day shopping and I have the whole week planned out. I enjoy Thanksgiving because it gives me something to do. I consider myself a good cook and I like making others feel good [...]
Language Culture Sat, Nov 22 2008

You can do it too!
Tishia's Thoughts I’ve been busy lately and I have also been feeling blah. One thing after another kept on coming up. I recently discovered that my son’s grandmother passed away. I’ve been sad about that. I’ve also been contacted by my ex-husband’s fiancée, who is now his ex-fiancee. She strongly urged me to rush the child custody [...]
Education Legal Culture Thu, Nov 20 2008

Sign Language Commerical - Jib-Jab
Tishia's Thoughts more about "Sign Language Commerical - Jib-Jab ", posted with vodpod
Media Language Art and Storytelling Thu, Nov 13 2008

Funny Misunderstandings
Tishia's Thoughts Over on Bill Creswell's blog, he shows a Jib Jab deodorant commercial, which I have included below. I think it's hilarious because it strikes a chord of truth for me. So many times I've seen others misunderstand sign language or sign something wrong and they offend me or someone else that's deaf. One time at [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Nov 13 2008

Relay phone calls when stressed out
Tishia's Thoughts Most of the time, I don't mind being deaf. I really don't. But there are times that I am frustrated with my deafness. Like right now. Both of my babies are sick- Snicklebritches has a tummy bug and has been vomiting all over, but Wigglebutt has a very high fever which of course makes his [...]
Media Language Audism Tech Culture Tue, Nov 11 2008

Deaf Children and Communication- my experience.
Tishia's Thoughts I’m thinking back to when I figured out what communication could be. I was already isolated and pretty much on my own. Before then, I was nothing. Well, I was not nothing, I was a little skinny thing with long wavy brown hair, lanky knobby legs speckled with bruises and scars, and big colorful eyes [...]
Language Education Culture Sun, Nov 09 2008

Burrell in NewsLeader
Tishia's Thoughts I am excited- the News Leader finally published something about what is going on with Burrell and the deaf community. Check it out-News Leader
Media Audism Sun, Nov 09 2008

Things that I wish I had
Tishia's Thoughts Floors that vibrate if the children are getting into trouble. Or maybe not…. The floors would never stop vibrating, would they? A doorbell that does not only set off a strobe light, but also announces “Resident [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Thu, Nov 06 2008

My fight
Tishia's Thoughts It's getting to be a dirty fight now. I'm under investigation for my fitness as a mother. So I am now documenting everything from now on here. I don't remember everything I have done and this is why I am going to start tracking it all. A deaf person should not have to go through [...]
Language Audism Culture Wed, Nov 05 2008

Dreaming too big?
Tishia's Thoughts Sometimes I wonder if I am dreaming too big and setting myself up for disappointment after disappointment. I wonder about whether or not I should keep on moving forward despite all the obstacles that I encounter along the way. I wonder if I should lower my expectations to allow for others to be let off [...]
Language Legal Culture Wed, Oct 29 2008

Deaf momma, all alone.
Tishia's Thoughts I will try my best to answer the often-asked question of what it is like to be the sole deaf person in my family, my social circles, and my church community and how it affects the way I interact with my family. I do have a distant cousin who married someone who has a [...]
Language Culture Tue, Oct 28 2008

Do I have gunk in my teeth? Nails?
Tishia's Thoughts You all know how you react when you see someone approach you to talk to you and it turns out they have something stuck in their teeth. You can’t help but fixate at that gunk stuck in their mouth that you miss half of what they say, can you? Do you feel uncomfortable watching one [...]
Language Culture Fri, Oct 24 2008