Ever have days that you want to give up?     Well mine happened to be in September.   School had just began and it was my first year of speech class.   Like me and Helen we both struggled in language. I had a speech problem.   Helen is blind and deaf.   Much like Helen Keller over the obstacle of not being able to communicate I too overcame the obstacle of the way I talked.
Helen Keller overcame many things in life, but her big one was her source of communication.   At a young age Helen caught an illness that made her blind and deaf.    Her family was losing hope for Helen.   They had many doctors and teachers try and help Helen.   They got lucky when they found Annie a former student at the Perkins school of the blind.   Annie, Helen’s new teacher had her ways of teaching.   people would say she was rough and mean.    Annie taught Helen how to trust, have obedience, and most of all communication.
I have been struggling with my words for as long as I can remember.   I was very quite and that made others not like me that much which made me have anxiety.   I hate talking in front of people I don’t like or that bother me.   I had people help me talk but it was weird having Mrs. Lori (my teacher) talk to me some days I would hate Mrs.  Lori cause I felt different about myself but then other days I loved it.  I had to make myself believe I could get better.
Helen and I can relate a little because we both struggled with our form of communication we were both scared.   I did not like talk to others.   Helen had the lights and sound off her whole life.   The thing that helped was teachers and people who loved you and cared.
Helen Keller taught me to never lose faith and how to always be positive.   It’s hard to stay positive all the time.  Helen lived for the little moments in life. She overcame obstacles people thought were impossible.   I thought I would never talk normally or sound like others.   Now people say they do not hear what’s wrong with the way I speak.   If you have problems it is not the end of the world. “Everything has wonders even darkness and silence, and I learn that whatever state I may be therein to be content”.