Can you hear me now?

I was recently reminded once again about how much I take for granted. A guitarist friend of mine who plays at the church is losing his hearing and so he is forced to step away from playing in the band anymore. Imagine honing a craft for decades and then suddenly no longer able to do practice it anymore. But more than that, it would be so traumatic for me to lose my hearing. Not being able to play sax or sing anymore would break my heart, but it would just be the start. I would never hear Caden laugh anymore, I would eventually forget the genius that is Miles Davis and John Coltrane, every movie would be in subtitles, but for Janelle nothing would really change…she says I don’t listen to her anyway.