“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ~Helen Keller

I took out my green earplugs. I rolled one between my thumb and fingers until it was tight, then I finessed it into my ear canal and waited for it to expand. Deaf in one ear, I repeated the process with the other plug and blocked my residual hearing. Now fully deaf, I turned to my classmate and she handed me her scarf. I put on my sunglasses and then tied the scarf around my head, over them. I was now completely blind. Deaf, blind and utterly alone....