Silence please

This week has been a bit of a challenge. My boss, after I told him we needed more help, took it upon himself to hire a new kid. Great for me, the retail business shuffles through hundreds of bright eyed kids every year. So I introduce myself, "Hi David, nice to me you, lets get you started working." Much to my surprise he grunted and smiled, pretty little dark skin boy, deaf as a rock. Now finding a deaf kid on a 5 acre lot is a little bit like playing hide and seek with an invisible man, but we have gotten it all worked out to a series of thumbs up, thumbs down, and thank goodness he's a smart fella, he manages to read lips, I just seem to talk louder as if i'm sure he can read my lips better if i yell,(why do we do that?)...
Nevertheless, I get a good feeling about this kid. Just the two of us were walking around this evening, closing up, and even though no words were spoken, we had a whole conversation about our day, the heat, the lack of rain, and how tired we were.Imagine that, no words, but we both giggled kicking the dust and wiping our brows. I like how certain people find us just when we are feeling all woe is me. I like the fact that the world is so big, if we just shut up for a minute, it will do the talking for us. Yeah...I'll stop now...