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Jonathan was born a deaf baby but due to a cochlear implant he is now able to hear. The video shows him hearing his mother’s voice for the first time. Christmas miracles do come true! Merry Christmas everybody!

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I hate it

One of my biggest pet peeves is when my friends plan some things and don’t ask me to come to them. It might be accidental; humans have a tendency to forget things. It might be on purpose; humans tend to find other humans annoying. Are my friends forgetful when it comes to me? Or am I annoying? I’m aware that half of the time my friends ask me to go somewhere, I usually turn them down. But they shouldn’t stop asking… Once in awhile, I’m free to go. I want to hang out with my friends. It’s not like I don’t want to…

Do you know how being excluded feels like? Terrible. It feels like I’m on the outside of the circle looking inward. While everyone’s posting on each other’s Facebook wall, typing in all caps, planning events I don’t know about, I’m sitting here in my room watching all of these things unfold. The absolute LEAST my friends could do is tell me about these events! That makes me feel that I’m still a part of the group. 

Yesterday was Jennifer Dau’s birthday. I wanted to do something to celebrate it for her, but unfortunately, I couldn’t do anything; I was stuck at home once more. Today at the football game, Cong tells me that he was at the pool @ Jennifer’s house for a surprise hangout. Wait a minute… There was a surprise? Why wasn’t I told about this? Even Michelle knew about it! Wow. I sat there in disbelief. I live a few blocks away from Jennifer. Our houses are actually pretty close. Not one person told me about it. I’m pretty sure by now, most of my friends have my phone number. I was a text or a phone call away from being notified! Instead, there was no text nor phone call. Even from my BEST friend, he didn’t even tell me. I did text him yesterday asking him if he was going to go to the football game. He didn’t reply to me until hours later. Then his mom called me, asking me where he was. I was suspicious at that point but never found out what it was. Sigh, this isn’t the first time it’s happened to me. 

I hate it when I feel isolated from my friends. I even bear a grudge against them sometimes because of it. But they are my friends, and so I let it go. But I still want to be informed of what’s happening among my friends. Just because I don’t play League of Legends or attend their hangouts doesn’t mean that my presence completely disappeared! I’m still here, just a text or a phone call away.

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Why the wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger: The Chinese give a beautiful explanation to this. The thumb represents your parents. The index finger represents your siblings. The middle finger represents yourself. The ring finger represents your life partner. The little finger/pinky represents your children. Hold your hands together like the picture. Join your middle fingers back-to-back, and the remaining fingers tip-to-tip. Now, try to separate your thumbs. They will separate because your parents are not destined to live with you forever. Rejoin your thumbs and separate your index fingers. They will separate because your siblings will have their own families and lead their own lives. Rejoin your index fingers and separate your little fingers/pinkies. They will separate because your children will grow up, get married, and settle down. Rejoin your little fingers/pinkies and try to separate your ring finger. They will not be able to separate because your life partner is meant to be with you throughout your entire life, through thick and thin.

Why the wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger: The Chinese give a beautiful explanation to this. The thumb represents your parents. The index finger represents your siblings. The middle finger represents yourself. The ring finger represents your life partner. The little finger/pinky represents your children. Hold your hands together like the picture. Join your middle fingers back-to-back, and the remaining fingers tip-to-tip. Now, try to separate your thumbs. They will separate because your parents are not destined to live with you forever. Rejoin your thumbs and separate your index fingers. They will separate because your siblings will have their own families and lead their own lives. Rejoin your index fingers and separate your little fingers/pinkies. They will separate because your children will grow up, get married, and settle down. Rejoin your little fingers/pinkies and try to separate your ring finger. They will not be able to separate because your life partner is meant to be with you throughout your entire life, through thick and thin.

(Source: curseyoudinkleberg, via ohreallytiffany)