Lately, I've been struggling with fear. My biggest fear is not being able to do what I love the most, interpreting. I have been in love with American Sign Language and the Deaf Community since I was 10 years old. The culture, language and people are amazing and I can't imagine my life without sign language.
I fell in love when I was 10 years old because of a tv show called Sue Thomas: FBI. The show's main character is Deaf and she gets a job working for the FBI as a lip reader. On the show, she signs alot and I got tired of watching the subtitles while she was signing. I started teaching myself sign language, and started interpreting when I was 13.
Sign language kept me going when I wanted to give up when I was younger. It gave me hope.
Having EDS, Fibromyalgia, Depression, and everything that goes with those doesn't make anything easy except quitting. I could so easily look at my life and see how much harder this road still be for me than other people and give up, but I'm not going to do that. Yes, I'm aware that this road will be hard and still suck. It's not going to be easy to fight pain and fatigue while working on my bachelor's degree, but nothing else in my life has been easy either. I might complain on the road to my bachelor's. I probably will cry and most likely with have a harder time than other people. However, my dream is, was and always will be to be an interpreter and work I'm the Deaf Community. I won't quit.
I fell in love when I was 10 years old because of a tv show called Sue Thomas: FBI. The show's main character is Deaf and she gets a job working for the FBI as a lip reader. On the show, she signs alot and I got tired of watching the subtitles while she was signing. I started teaching myself sign language, and started interpreting when I was 13.
Sign language kept me going when I wanted to give up when I was younger. It gave me hope.
Having EDS, Fibromyalgia, Depression, and everything that goes with those doesn't make anything easy except quitting. I could so easily look at my life and see how much harder this road still be for me than other people and give up, but I'm not going to do that. Yes, I'm aware that this road will be hard and still suck. It's not going to be easy to fight pain and fatigue while working on my bachelor's degree, but nothing else in my life has been easy either. I might complain on the road to my bachelor's. I probably will cry and most likely with have a harder time than other people. However, my dream is, was and always will be to be an interpreter and work I'm the Deaf Community. I won't quit.
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold out all together when everyone would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
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