{"id":3969,"date":"2017-06-08T22:16:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2017-06-08T22:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:16:55","slug":"last-stop-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=3969","title":{"rendered":"Last Stop: San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2403.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2403-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nToday I spent the last author visit of the school year at the very cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\" target=\"_blank\">Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children<\/a>. I&#8217;ll admit I was a little unsure when I was first booked. I&#8217;ve worn special microphones and had someone signing beside me in past school visits, but I had never visited an entire school for deaf children. It turns out that I had nothing to worry about! I think that those of us who don&#8217;t touch that world have little idea of the advancements of various sorts of hearing aids and implants. I simply wore a microphone that was synced to the students&#8217; devices and performed my show as usual.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2425.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2425-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe had three great shows and I met a bunch of amazing kids. We paused for some photo ops and I even got a tour of the school. I signed a few books for the school library, and I even signed some other stuff for a little surprise Mrs. Leal has been working up.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2434.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2434-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThanks to Mrs. Leal for inviting me&#8212;great to finally meet you after such a long run of email tag. Thanks too for the wonderful gift bag&#8211;very generous! Thanks to Ms. Mindy for the technical support. And a big thanks to all the fine students at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\" target=\"_blank\">Sunshine Cottage<\/a>. I&#8217;ve highlighted the school&#8217;s name both times because I recommend clicking it and visiting their website. It&#8217;s very enlightening. I think I learned more during my visit today than the students. Great way to end the school year!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2437.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2437-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecottage.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2418.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2418-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Today I spent the last author visit of the school year at the very cool Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children. 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