WonderfullyMeBooks.com April 2018, I purchased A Beautiful Girl at a little local bookstore. Our girls loved the book! They enjoyed looking at pictures of cute little girls who each have different colors of hair, eyes, skin, as well as different personalities. My girls would say, “I am this girl!” and “you’re that girl,” and “this …
When did your child first notice that they are “different”? I have heard stories of that moment when a child asks about their own little ears or wonders, “why do I have a hearing aid?” I have been waiting to see if my own daughter will even needs to ask. Our family is unique in …
Having a child is amazing. Sometimes she does weird, quirky things, and I realize, “oh my goodness, she thinks just like me!” Suddenly I have a whole new window into my own childhood and a deeper understanding of myself. I wrote about that earlier this week in my blog post called: Someday You Will Have …
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Duane and I just read the book, “Wonder.” Then we rented the the movie and watched it with our 4 year old. A couple weeks later, our girls were making silly faces, and Big Sis said, “when we do this we kind of look like Auggie, in the movie Wonder.” My response was, “honey, your sister …
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My daughter wears a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA), which is held on by a soft headband, called a “softband.” Her hearing aid came with 1 softband. But she needed more options than just one color softband. What if that one softband gets dirty or wet? But to purchase a second band from the hearing …
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Going into 2018, I’ve been asking myself, what is my theme for this new year? The first word which came to mind is: fearless. After all, the top hindrance in a person’s life is fear. Fear of failure, fear of what others think, fear of getting hurt. Those fears hold people back from living their dreams. …
Just before my daughter’s cleft palate surgery (in 2016), I saw a card with the quote: You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. That became my theme during my daughter’s surgery and recovery. It continued at a theme, with the discovery that my daughter needed hearing aids …
I used to see a notification from Etsy and panic, “Oh no, someone wants me to make a headband.” I don’t know why I felt that way, since I enjoy making headbands. Which is one reason I started a Etsy store. More so because I could not find anywhere to buy comfortable, affordable, custom headbands for my own daughter. So I …
Something shifted in me this week. Suddenly I feel like I actually enjoy my life. Not that it was bad before. But mostly, I felt like I was just doing what needs done, without any goals or plans. Nothing to look forward to, because every day is the same. The past couple months had several …
Softband ingredients There are several components in order to make a custom softband which is adjustable, so 1-size-fits-all, and make it hold your BAHA hearing aid. 5/8 inch fold over elastic (FOE) slide adjuster & rings size 5/8 inch. Color options are Clear, white, or black. Velcro – I buy a strip of 5/8 in sew-on velcro and then cut it down to …
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