Voices
LEAH
KASHAR
HUFFINGTON
03.03.13
COURTESY OF LEAH KASHAR
The Day I Went Deaf
YOU DON’T KNOW what you’ve
got until it’s gone. I’ve learned
that through multiple things.
When I bake cookies, I immediately miss them the second I have
eaten the last one. Last summer
when I left summer camp, I didn’t
realize how great it really was
until I got home. What happens,
however, when that happens to
one of your senses?
My mom is deaf. There is no
need to feel bad for me, or her,
or her situation. She is my hero
and would be whether or not she
were deaf. My whole life people
have asked me questions. How
does she wake up in the morning without hearing an alarm
clock? How does she talk on the
phone? How does she drive? I’ve
Leah
Kashar is a
15-year-old
student from
Westchester,
New York.