Mrs. P's Tip Number One

"Are you sure you're not marring him because you feel sorry for him?"

"You're marrying a deaf man? That's... interesting..."

"She's hearing? Ooohhh... Ok..."

"Does she at least know ASL?"

And the list goes on... 

A Rude Awakening

The morning began like this... "Honey... We need to talk..."

No conversation that starts with "we need to talk" is ever going to be a good one. Let me give you some back story...

The Distance Between

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We have all had that experience when you're walking with someone, and they get a little ahead of you - perhaps you're walking with a slow child, or are 8 1/2 months pregnant and you just don't move that fast, or you are distracted by something shiny in a store window... And then you realize the person you're with is walking in the wrong direction, but they're now far enough ahead of you that you can't just grab their arm and nudge them in the right direction. We've all been there, done that, right? Well, imagine that you can't shout, yell, holler, or call-out to that person. Yep, that's my life.

Tip for determining the importance of some information...

It happens--it really does! The moment something comes to your mind that you feel is important to share at that very moment, but when it enters your mind your spouse is now turned the other way, walking away from you and cannot hear you call his name.  It is in those moments that I have come to realize there are some things that are just not THAT important...at least not right NOW.  It really CAN wait.  haha.

Whispers in the Dark...

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When Mr. P and I were first married, we ran into an issue I never really thought about before we were married: we couldn't lie in bed at night and talk to each other. Often that time in bed before you go to sleep is when you really have time to chat about the day and things going on the next day, but we couldn't really do that.

Our first house was very small! We had a queen-sized bed which took up almost the entire bedroom, so we had no room for lamps beside the bed. We were left with a few choices: 1) have a one-sided conversation in the dark; 2) Leaving lights on while we talk and have one of us get out of bed to turn it off when we were done talking; 3) Don't talk at all before going to sleep; 4) figure out something else.