Christmas came in the mail on Thursday. My husband opened the small package, removed the contents and plugged them in to charge while he read the directions. When fully charged and after some minor adjustments, he put on the hearing aids, paused, and looked at me.
“I can hear,” he announced.
This is very big.
An Air Force career near the flight line as an air traffic controller took a toll on Dick’s hearing. Both of us have been frustrated with two previous pairs of hearing aids which, for a variety of reasons, have not worked for him. For the past five years the television volume has been set at a decibel equal to a jet engine take-off. Walking into the kitchen with the TV blasting “Good Morning Whoever” was more jolting than a cup a high-octane java. Our communication has often been disjointed, too. Part hollering, part charades, always repetitious, I considered sign language.
“What did you say?” my husband would ask.
“All I said was, ‘Hmmm’.”
“What?”
“HMMM,” I would respond, voice raised. Somehow, a thoughtful, “hmmm” does not translate well when hollered.
And then there were everyday events often missed.
“How did you like the movie (or sermon or . . . fill in the blank)?” I would ask.
“My batteries went dead. I didn’t hear anything.”
But no more! Dick’s had his hearing aids two days, and they still work. Start the presses! Strike up the orchestra! It makes me want to shout from the mountain top, “Joy to the world!” Not only has the Lord come but my husband can HEAR that the Lord has come. This is good news indeed at the time of year when God has sent us the best news of all, His Son born in a manger!
Let me wish you from our houses to yours a blessed Christmas, happy holiday and New Year of peace and good health.
“Joy to the world the Lord has come.
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room.
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing!”
Dick and Jane in Kansas
On the lower left: Messmans in Iowa. On the lower right: Perrys in Texas.
Oh can I relate to your hearing aid story. Well said and congratulations.
PS we are going to Costco in the morning due to broken hearing aid. And don’t masks give those little things a hard time
Have a Blessed Christmas.
Carole