Practicing Out Loud

Hey, it’s me. Um… why didn’t you answer your phone? Ha, just kidding.My nose is a little stuffed today, something in the air, I guess. Don’t worry, I’m taking care of myself. I’ve got my herbal tea in a mug with a cat on it, funny enough, it looks just like my cat, MeiLi and I’ve got my Kleenex right next to me, and yes, I took my meds. So I’m good, guys. I’m good. You’ve probably already guessed that I read lips all the time. We Deaf people are super visual, so nonverbal cues play a huge role in

Hey, it’s Cassidy.So, every day I pick up my kids from school, and right across the street from their school is a funeral home. Which means on the way there, I end up noticing things happening over there. It sits along the main road in front of the school, with tombstones, flowers, and sometimes people visiting.The other day, I saw a group gathered around a very small coffin. Probably a child. The day before that, I noticed someone tying a football balloon with a university mascot on it, probably

Hey guys, it’s me, Cassidy, the Deaf author of The Lip Reader on Substack. This is probably my fifteenth time of recording this, but welcome to my very first episode of Practicing Out Loud. I’m not sure if I like the title, but the name behind this title was inspired by a well-known song called Thinking Out Loud by, of course, Ed Sheeran (SHEER-an), I think? Is that how you say his last name? Anyway, I’ll let the title sit for a while and see if I like it or not.So, Practicing Out Loud is basically