Thank you to those
Who strive for the good
For peers, For community
And for our professionhood

From one to another
I want you to know
It does not go unnoticed
The standards we uphold

#NationalInterpreterAppreciationDay I wrote this #poem #poyum for us all.

My very first sign name was BOOK which seems to have frozen in time - I have very fond memories of the Deaf person who'd gifted me that sign name & I know it remains her sign name for me. I didn't know then that it would keep our story connected.

My sign name is written in Raymond's notation form (ASL L on dominant hand raised repeatedly into the air) underneath the illustration of their sign name.

The sign name was received during university for my frequency in raising my hand to ask questions.