There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that hearing or deaf is fine as long as both parties are willing to communicate in each other's language. But if there's no communication, then the marriage, I believe, will be difficult if not doomed.

Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.

It was my father who instilled the “never say no” attitude I carry around with me today, and who instilled in me a sense of wonder, always taking us on adventures in the car, never telling us the destination.

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.