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Impossible: A life between Jun 27, 1880 and Jun 01, 1968

How cruel it is! Why deaf people? Why blind people? I can’t even imagine how that life would be. Eyes that can’t see the beauty of anything. Ears that hear no music of this world. A dark world. A silent world. Even the curse is a sin. Impossible: What is there in life when one is deaf and blind? She was just 19 months old when she had become deaf-blind. Life changing moments are not necessarily tsunami like forces. It could be a simple touch. A gentle smile. Or a few ordinary words. But then like a small stream transforms itself into a roaring river, these little things somehow shower magic powers that are available for us at a deserving moment. There is no reason why it is that way but it happens that way all the time. Impossible: Who will spend their entire life for someone else? An inspiration from Charles Dickens’ travelogue took her to Perkins Institute for Blind. It gave her education. It gave Anne Sullivan, a life long teacher and companion. It eventually gave meanin