. . . moses and aaron . . .

. . . i went yesterday to see/hear 

a pretty awesome presentation 

in a high school classroom . . .

. . . i just wish i had 

taken a photo of my niece, courtlyn,

 giving her book report . . .

. . . she read "deaf like me" . . .

. . . then she did 

a really smart thing . . .

{the teacher apologized to all the other kids in the class because she said

 courtlyn's report "was going to blow all of theirs out of the water"} 

. . . she brought in her cousin, amber,

 as a guest speaker . . .

. . . amber knows a thing or two 

about being deaf . . .

. . . she told her story . . .

. . . then she fielded questions 

from class members 

for over half an hour . . .

. . . questions like "can you talk?" . . .

. . . "how do you know 

when your babies are crying?" . . .

. . . and "if you could choose - 

would you be deaf or hearing?" . . .

. . . she is a remarkable girl . . .

. . . and she is lucky, because

since she was three years old, 

she's had a pretty incredible sister . . .

. . . who very early on 

became her spokesperson . . .

. . . that's amanda there ↓ 

on the front row, right side, 

signing to amber . . .

. . . amanda is a really fun voicer . . .

. . . she puts lots of emotion and humor

 into her sister's signs . . .

. . . they really are 

like moses and aaron . . .

{minus the parting of the red sea ~ so far!}

. . . and extra points 

to amanda yesterday . . .

. . . she was interpreting 

through the pain . . .