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Part One - Making the Connection: Virtual Charter School Life with the Diva For the last 14 months my family has been apart of a local virtual charter school. We have recently decided to move on. No matter [...] Wed, Jan 23 2013 Part Two - Making the Connection: Virtual Charter... Life with the Diva Fast forward to the first day of this year's second semester. As we were logging into the system to start our day, the phone [...] Wed, Jan 23 2013 Life With the Diva: It's a "Diva Down" Situation Life with the Diva I'm no expert, but I knew that THIS was not a good thing. As soon as I went [...] Wed, Jan 16 2013 Life With the Diva Blog Technical Issues Life with the Diva There has been some technical issues with the original Life With the Diva blog for over a week now. I hope to have it back up & running soon. [...] Mon, Sep 17 2012 Life With the Diva: On The Advocate Life with the Diva Last month I had the privilege of sharing a bit of my life after deafness with my local newspaper, The Advocate. Check out Sounding Off to read the feature. [...] Tue, Sep 04 2012 Deafness: Should Fear Be A Factor Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf As my world becomes increasingly silent, I find myself somewhat anxious, sometimes worried, and even scared. I've noticed that it is harder & harder to sit through a verbal conversation with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Tue, Jun 21 2011 Switched at Birth: Download the series premiere free for a... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf The wait is over, Switched at Birth premiered last night. I loved it as much as I thought I would! If you missed it, not to worry, for a limited time you can download episode one for FREE on iTunes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Tue, Jun 07 2011 Deafness: Should Fear Be A Factor Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf As my world becomes increasingly silent, I find myself somewhat anxious, sometimes worried, and even scared. I've noticed that it is harder & harder to sit through a verbal conversation with my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Fri, Mar 11 2011 Natural Hair Vloggers: Please do not forget your D/deaf... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf You Tube has been an invaluable resource throughout my natural hair course. The ladies who take the time to make videos to share with us, all rock in their own special ways. The only... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Thu, Jan 13 2011 Raising CODA Teens & Tweens: Who's Listening to the Radio?! Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf The radio is kind of a touchy subject in our household. Whenever I see the kids obviously singing around our home, I feel somewhat of a panic. I want to know what they are singing to and where... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Tue, Jan 04 2011 Deaf? Want Taco Bell? You're Order May be Refused at the... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Shaken, ticked off & sad is where my most recent trip to Taco Bell left me. I haven't been feeling well at all this weekend, my latest Fibromyalgia flare began late Friday night. I ran to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Sun, Aug 15 2010 You Love, who you Love: Learning to not Take it Personal Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I haven't mentioned this to very many people, but a very close loved one of mine was diagnosed with Bipolar a few years ago. When I was informed, I went into "fix it" mode. I rushed to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Mon, Aug 09 2010 Deaf, deaf or HOH: Not sure which one I am, ask me. Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf "e) " over at Eh? What? Huh? wrote this post on where she stands on deafness categories. I decided to do the same, to show just how things vary from person to person. When my hearing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Mon, Jul 05 2010 Nuturing Spirituality without language boundaries Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf (find more on this words meaning here) Hallelujah, or something to that effect I'm sure, are the sentiments of the people who've experienced the Bible or really anything of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Mon, Jul 05 2010 Quiz: How Hearing Loss Savvy Are You? Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf There are many, many misconceptions about hearing loss. And as I'm finding out, those misconceptions even exist within the families of those with hearing loss. Let's try to fix this, shall we? So get... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Fri, Jun 25 2010 Hamilton's Mobile CapTel App is now available for the iPhone Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Hamilton's Mobile Captel iPhone app is ready and waiting! And it's FREE! This is the first iPhone App that allows you to see what's being said, while listening to what you can hear.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Wed, Jun 16 2010 Group conference calls and webinars equal BOOO to the... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Reason # 655,000 as to why I despise webinars and group conference calls. You know the ones where there's plenty of people meeting on a phone line to receive info, from a moderator who "silences" the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Thu, May 27 2010 Hello I'm L.J. Miles, and I'm a social bluffer... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Hello, I'm L. J. Miles, and I'm a social bluffer...well at least sometimes. No matter how many times I say "this will be the last time", I find myself bluffing my way through yet another... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Tue, May 11 2010 Midweek Meditation: A Mother's love can't be read through... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf "Being a mother is hard work. Being a Deaf mother is even harder. But the one who loves the most and who loves the most freely is the mother who will endure all. And that's what makes all the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Wed, Apr 21 2010 My deaf music listening process Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I absolutely love when artist place the lyrics of their music in the cd sleeve....it's like LIFE to me! I must have lyrics. That's the way I decide whether or not I like a song enough to go through the rest of my "listening" process for it. A great place to find lyrics if they are not included with the Cd, are on websites like Lyrics Mania and Metro Lyrics. I find tha... Mon, Apr 19 2010 Do people who are D/deaf have interest in music? Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Do people who are D/deaf have interest in music? I can say with a unwavering YES that there are D/deaf & HOH people who do in fact LOVE music. I was asked by a reader to share just how I go about "listening" to music since my hearing loss (which I'll share in the next article). But first off let me state that this is MY experience, and that th... Fri, Apr 16 2010 Midweek Meditation: "Silence is the finale" ~Marlee Matlin Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf "I've always said that though some think I live in a world of silence, silence is the last thing the world will hear from me." ~ Marlee Matlin (My Deaf "She-ro") L.J. is a Mom, Wife and Advocate. She is also the creator of SpiritedMoms, which promotes local mom-owned businesses. She resides in Southeastern Louisiana with her husband and kids. Wed, Apr 14 2010 How's that working for you? (Ignoring your #chronicillness... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I write about a lot of things that affect me directly and indirectly. I blog...that's what I do. But one thing that I don't write about often...and had no plan to, is chronic illness. I love positive energy. I'm what I refer to as a "silver lining chaser". I've had a lot of tramatic things to cross my life's path, and besides faith, finding a silver lining is w... Mon, Apr 12 2010 Deafness & Social media Conferences (... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I can honestly say that I throughly enjoy the world of Social Media. In just these few months, I've come across many extraordinary women (and a few men too). I love learning things from them, supportingly watching their brands grow and enjoying the community of it all. Several times a year, there are blogging/social media conferences, that span all over the country. ... Mon, Mar 08 2010 Portable Sign Language Translator ( #ASL #gadgets #tech... Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I found this new gadget through Harris Communications that enables a person to translate aprox. 3,500 words, pronouns, numbers and alphabets combined, into sign lanuage. I immediately thought of ordering this for my family...particularly my husband. Before doing so, I called the manufacturer Krown, to find out if it was also able to translate brief phrases..... Wed, Feb 10 2010 How To Add Captions to Your YouTube Videos Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf How To Add Captions to Your YouTube Videos Even though I'm new to blogging, I try to learn something different about it...social media and tools to be used for either outlet, daily. A fellow blogger posted about info from Mashable, on ways to add captioning to YouTube videos. I frequent YouTube, mostly searching for music videos and natural hair care info. I am so ... Thu, Jan 28 2010 Hearing Loss Prevention- (make it a family affair) Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf As a newly deaf mom of two pre-teens and one teen, hearing loss & protection is a regular topic. In our everyday lives we come in contact with a lot of noise, that can be potentially dangerous to our hearing health. The effects of lawn mowing, concerts, construction and other obviously noisy enviroments can cause serious damage, perhaps not immediately...but ... Thu, Jan 21 2010 Happy Fami~versary to us!! Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. For the past couple of years, we've been celebrating our anniversary...as a family. We started this tradition a few years ago. After the hearing loss, and related health issues ravaged my family, we had a hard time trying to find reasons to "celebrate" the milestone of another year of marriage. ... Thu, Jan 14 2010 Lyric Hearing aid (part two)...so how much is it? Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf I received an email today in response to my post on the Lyric hearing aid. My plan is to go through the consultation process, and share my experience. At this time, there are no providers in the Southeastern Louisana area, so I'll have to wait. But, I did get further info on the cost. As I said in the first post, Lyric is sold on a subscription basis. You are able t... Thu, Jan 14 2010 Life with the Diva is on Deaf Read Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Happy 2010 day two everyone! I seem to be coming down with a cold...but no worries, that just gives me a reason to eat more of one of my favorite things...soup. I have some news that I think is worthy of sharing. "Life with the Diva" is now being featured on Deaf Read. Yay! For those who are unfamiliar, Deaf Read is a community that features D/deaf blogs &... Sat, Jan 02 2010 Welcome! Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf Life with the Diva, is written by a Louisiana wife, mom & budding entrepreneur. Did I mention that I'm raising 3 pre-teens, while adjusting to my new life after Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss? (Yes you read correctly). We have the same challenges as other families. Our family, just has to be alot more creative as how we handle them. A since of humor is a must! ... Fri, Jan 01 2010 The Diva, Dr. Oz and the Lyric hearing aid
Life with the Diva: Where motherhood and deaf My mother was watching The Dr. Oz Show this morning. She texted me to say that he would have a segment featuring hearing loss and a new device. When I changed to the station I saw a beautiful young lady in her 20's having a "oh so familar" stab at decent conversation with her husband, while preparing dinner. The device that was featured is called a Lyric hearing aid.... Fri, Jan 01 2010 |
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