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Swimming Naked with ‘Honu’ (Sea Turtles) ~

Posted by LaRonda on August 22nd, 2008

Before I left for my family summer vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii, I told my Deaf friends I was going to swim naked with ‘Honu’ – the Hawaiian name for sea turtles. A bona fide workaholic, I had wisely planned a well-earned, long overdue, 2-week vacation to an exotic island and dared to [...]

The Ear of My Heart

My name is LaRonda Zupp, and I am Deaf. Welcome to "The Ear of My Heart."

The title of my blog comes from the opening verse of St. Benedict’s prologue, which tells us to ‘listen carefully and attend with the ear of our hearts.’ St. Benedict was a saint who urged us to listen within the depths of our soul, keeping ourselves attentive to wisdom that comes from the voice within, and inclining our hearts toward deeper understanding.

My blog title is not about “ears” or “hearing” or being able to “hear clearly,” the way hearing people can hear sound. It is about listening with PURE LOVING ATTENTION to what people are really communicating. This is what it means to me to listen and blog with ‘the ear of my heart.’

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