This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm your host, Jodi Powell.
In this hour, we are leaning into stories that make you feel warm and cozy,
that take you into moments you wouldn't mind living twice.
Moments you want to slow down, that remind you, oh, this.
This is what it felt like.
Roll out that blanket with a cup of tea.
Find that spot on the beach or near a fire.
Let the smallest things be exactly as big and meaningful as they actually are.
Our first story comes from Ellis Miller.
Ellis told the story at a Detroit Grand Slam in 2019, where we partnered with WDET.
Here's Ellis.
When I was little, I believed that babies came from God's factory in the sky,
and that the day I went down the assembly line, they were missing a few parts.
One of the parts I'm missing is a tiny piece of bone in my left ear, making me 50% deaf.
Now, growing up, this didn't have a big impact on my life.
I had to sit in the front of the class, even though I was more of a back-of-the-class personality.
I was terrible at the game telephone, and my mom would take me birdwatching,
and I thought she had superpowers because I could barely hear the birds, let alone find them in the trees.
Now, when I was 30, I started to worry about what would happen