The little things we stumble upon that make life worth living
A woman who couldn’t hear searches for a song from her childhood. A man hunts for his grandfather’s grave. Part of the great joy of life comes from finding things.
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It took over 50 years before a woman was able to hear the singing bird of her childhood.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF FENELLA HAFFENDEN
Of all the profound things found in a life, a single sock that wandered off without your permission, love on the internet at middle age, a precious book in an untidy pile in a second-hand bookshop, a grandfather’s grave buried in the weeds of a tired cemetery, it is this which is most miraculous.
The discovery of a song by a girl who can’t hear.