new sounds...old sounds

What is old is new again.
It is hard to describe how things are going, but I will do my best...
I am hearing things I haven't heard for a long time. Sometimes I am still awestruck about what I am hearing.
I can hear children outside playing while my windows are open.
I can hear birds outside while my windows are open.
I heard a train on a walk the other day and could tell it was still some distance away.
I heard my stomach gurgle for the first time in three years.. don't you see how much we take for granted when we can hear normally?
I heard thunder today and it wasn't close... sometimes w/ my hearing aids and it was close I could hear it because I could feel it.


These things may seem little to you, but they are huge to me. I took so much for granted when I could hear three years ago. I forgot things like the noise of children on the street and tummies gurgling.