“Do you hear that?!” He said.
\nI looked at him and shook my head.
\n“Legally deaf, remember?” I grinned.
\nHe went tu the window and lifted the blinds.
\nIt was storming like crazy outside.
\n“You don’t hear that? The rain?” He asked.
\n“Babe, I haven’t heard the rain since I was 9 years old.” I would be 39 in 2 weeks. He started going YouTube channels of rain sounds till he found one I could hear.<\/p>\n
The man gave me rain. The sound of rain. To many, that would be nothing. Laughed at, even. But to me, it was nothing short of a miracle.<\/p>\n
He’s gone, now. I haven’t listened to the rain, since. But sometimes, on days like today, I look out the window at a storm, and I remember.<\/p>\n
As even the Earth weeps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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