Unspoken: The Voice He Never Heard

Summary

After my hearing loss, my husband only bothered to learn three signs in ASL.Eat. Sleep. Stop it.

Whenever I begged him to learn a little more, he’d complain it was too much of a hassle.

"I’m already exhausted from back-to-back meetings all day. Do I really have to come home and play charades with you?"

"You're not completely deaf. Can't you just read my lips?"

So, for the three years of our marriage, I exhausted myself trying to read his lips.

If I missed something, he accused me of intentionally ignoring him.

If I read them wrong, he’d roll his eyes in annoyance.