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No D**bet*s Blog Day—Two Videos to Watch and Feel Good.

In Honor of a Blog where I cannot mention the “D” word; I decided to give you some videos that have made me feel good.   The first one is from Singing in the Rain and so taxing was this number on Donald O’Connor that he missed his next scheduled film and the role was given to Danny […]

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Sunday dHero—This Story Will Truly Make You Shutter

My Sunday dHero is AJ and his is one of the most tragic and negative-turned-positve stories you will ever read.  My dear friend Moira wrote about it completely and I will not take it away from her.  I warn you; if you read this, your life will change. http://despitediabetes.com/2012/09/30/meet-a-j-the-boy-who-faced-down-bullying-about-diabetes-like-the-super-hero-he-is/

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Parents, Diabetes IS Not Yours, Give it Back.

It’s not my disease. Surely diabetes takes a toll on an entire family but I remember the story that friend shared years ago when our journey was just starting about whose disease it really belonged, and it was an important lesson I never forgot.  Let’s call her Kathy.  A woman around 38, a beautiful woman […]

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T.G.I.F. (Thanking Great Individuals Forever)…Today; Art and Diabetes.

She has had type 1 diabetes since 1978. She is a registered board-certified art therapist and Pennsylvania licensed professional counselor where she helps people with diabetes issues like depression, burnout, food and other issues in her private practice in suburban Philadelphia.   She personifies taking what you do, what you love, and making a difference […]

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I Would Not Tell You What To Do….no…No…NO!

  Two friends are having lunch.  A third person joins them and says, “Hey, did you see the clown out front?” One friend responds, “Was it a real clown or one dressed as one?” My point; people hear (or in this case, read) something but do not catch the full meaning.  I posted something two days […]

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Diaversary……#20…….Really?

   It’s today.   Twenty years ago.  Today.  Sigh.  It’s not ‘Happy’ Diaversary….it’s just there; a milestone. Twenty years today.  As I think back to that September 26th 1992, when at the age of 2 Kaitlyn was whisked to Stony Brook Hospital; medical staff ran around tending to her; tubes were attached; pain was administered; tears were […]