Can you repeat that?
There are lots of stories I want to tell but I'll have to stick to another short one today. After 3 days of conferencing, I'm more exhausted than at the end of my last marathon. But the end result is worth it; several days spent with brilliant people thinking and doing meaningful things. Nothing an extra cup of coffee won't fix. There are many things that made this week special, but one especially stands out - even if no one else noticed. In fact, that was sort of the point. You see, this week I got to test out my new hearing aids, in settings that most definitely have given me grief in the past. Large groups in crowded spaces are especially difficult but this week, I was able to manage and maneuver so much better than in the past. Some background: when I was 7, I fell ill The kind of illness that lands a child in the hospital, of a seriousness that meant I wasn't even allowed in the shared child's playroom due to fears of contagion (what can I say, I was 7 -...