Thursday, July 23, 2009

Pick-up Artist at the Grocery Store

Today I took a quick trip up to our local grocery store to pick-up some last minute items to get ready for our trip back home to Detroit (and to get my 4pm fix at the Starbucks in the store). In the self check-out aisle, I saw two young girls signing to one another. So, naturally, I decided to get in on the conversation!

I learned that they were twin sisters, one was hearing and the other deaf. They are 16, babysit TOGETHER, AND THEY LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I knew there was another family with a deaf child in our town, but just haven't been able to make the connection.

JACKPOT!

So, in addition to picking up snacks for the road, I also managed to pick-up some new babysitters. Who are fluent in ASL. What a great opportunity for Christian to work on his signing skills, and to be around a deaf teen. And what a great opportunity for Chuck and I to FINALLY get some dates in!

7 comments:

NatCraft said...

Is there any place better than your Safeway?! So glad you were able to make this connection!

Lissa said...

Wow! That's great news!!

Laurie said...

Wow! What a great opportunity! I'm sure they will enjoy babysitting your kids! Enjoy your getaways when you can!

Jax said...

Fantastic!!!

Ben's Mom said...

Wow! What a find. We are in the process of learning ASL so we can learn along with Ben. You are so brave to jump in and sign with them. I wish I had those guts!

tammy said...

That's great! I wish we lived closer so we could use them too! Mike and I talked last night and I found out he's really worried about leaving Aiden (I say he'll be just fine, but I won't if we don't get out soon!) ... how great to find not just one, but two, girls who get it.

VBnBama said...

oooooooh, yes definitely jackpot!
so when are they coming over? lol