Stories that Change our Lives

Neal Ewers
  • 5.0 (6)
  • PERSONAL JOURNALS

This podcast is about the people and events that have influenced our lives enough to cause us to remember the stories of how and when these memorable situation took place.

  1. "HELP" IS A TWO WAY STREET

    3D AGO

    "HELP" IS A TWO WAY STREET

    When I was growing up, the absence of today's technology made it necessary for me to be more dependent on other people for many things. That gave me an insight into dependence that I never expected to discover. In short, many of my friends and acquaintances had similar problems, and they were not blind. Enjoy. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    11 min
  2. COLLEGE TWO

    FEB 15

    COLLEGE TWO

    When I enrolled in college, I was studying to be a minister. This is the story of that journey and how a very special gift of love gave me the freedom to think more open-mindedly about the very narrow path I was on. That gift also allowed me to respect the varied paths taken by others that caused them, and eventually me, to understand and accept the fact that we may not all end up in the same place, and yet...

    22 min
  3. COLLEGE ONE

    FEB 1

    COLLEGE ONE

    Here are some stories about my early college experience as the only blind student on campus. This was quite a jump from my life at the school for the blind. Given my fear of what I might find at a very good undergraduate college, was this a jump from the frying pan into the fire? It's also a story of an everlasting friendship with the very first student I met when I arrived, as well as a story of a teacher who changed my college experience and my life forever. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    22 min
  4. MY YEARS AT THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

    JAN 15

    MY YEARS AT THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

    My parents knew that no school in our area could teach a child who was blind. They also knew they couldn't educate me themselves. So, they had to do the unthinkable. They had to send me away to school before I turned 5 years old. For me, spending my first 4 years as an only child, and then suddenly being placed in a dorm with about 80 other students of all ages, was not a life I was expecting. Back then, I didn't know what coping skills were. I had a lot to learn. Fortunately, my parents had taught me how to do exactly that. The question was, could I do it? The school didn't give me a great academic education. There were people there, however, who taught me much about who I was on the inside. This episode touches on some of the failures and triumphs I experienced along the way. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    26 min
  5. HOW DID I DISCOVER I WAS BLIND?

    JAN 1

    HOW DID I DISCOVER I WAS BLIND?

    As a very young child, you can only know your own condition. If you can't see, you don't quickly grasp the fact that others have something you don't have. It's even harder if you have light perception, because then people tell you that you can see. But, can you? This is the complicated story about how my parents who knew nothing about blindness, and I, who knew nothing about sight struggled to finally understand and deal with the situation. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    16 min
  6. ONLY THE TREE CAN SAY

    12/15/2025

    ONLY THE TREE CAN SAY

    In this story, my grandfather and I walk through my grandparents' apple orchard. In part, this is a sound painting of events that took place in the orchard each time I was there. People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. How many words does it take to describe a special sound, a special time, and the partly unwanted life-changing wisdom I learned among the apples? I kept being drawn back to that place. It wasn't just to hear the sounds. It was also to search for what I remembered and longed to change. I dedicate this episode to my grandfather: a man who was wise even beyond his many years. I wish you had known him. Perhaps when you finish this story, you will have some idea of the man who was my grandfather and also my friend. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    15 min
  7. THE DAY THAT SOUND BECAME MAGIC

    12/01/2025

    THE DAY THAT SOUND BECAME MAGIC

    It all started with ear-hand coordination and Daddy's faith that I could do what some thought impossible. No, it's not the normal way one acquires a recorder. Even so, that was the day my knowledge and enjoyment of sound changed forever, and I changed right along with it. Just another story that goes way beyond the telling. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    18 min
  8. HOW A SIMPLE GAME CHANGED MY LIFE

    11/15/2025

    HOW A SIMPLE GAME CHANGED MY LIFE

    It started with a simple childhood game of ball I played with my grandparents. My Mom and Dad kept improving the game. Slowly, it became less a game, and more a way of life. From this game and other fun times with my parents, I discovered I could use my non-visual senses to create a mental image of my surroundings. In a way, it was a transition from blindness to Sight. I learned to use this image to understand where I was in any given space without ever using my eyes to see the objects and people that might be in the same space. It may be as close to normal vision as I will ever have, but it has allowed me to See, in my own way, and to be totally unafraid of the dark. Find out more at https://stories-that-change-our-lives.pinecast.co

    15 min
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This podcast is about the people and events that have influenced our lives enough to cause us to remember the stories of how and when these memorable situation took place.

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