Story 1 At age 12, I completely lost my hearing after years of battling ear infections. My family didn’t know any sign language, so communication was slow and frustrating. Then one night, I found my dad watching ASL videos on YouTube. Every evening after work, he studied late into the night. Within months, he could chat with me fluently and even got my school to start offering ASL classes. Story 2 : For my wedding, my grandma gifted me her old, torn sofa. My husband didn’t want it in our “modern home.” 11 years later, we divorced. I moved,
out and sent the sofa to be fixed. The repairman looked stunned when he saw it—he said it was ancient and would take a lot of work. I told him there was no rush. The next day, he called me in a panic: “Come fast!”. Inside the sofa were stacks of money,