Categories
Uncategorized

Dad, Father, Pop, Daddy, and Diabetes—-SIGH

Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads. Dads. Dad are unique breed when it comes to diabetes.  We try to look like we have it all together but in truth, we become a mess.  There are millions and millions of Hallmark Cards that tout the strengths of dads and the things dads do that […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Don’t Diabetes and Drive

I have stated before that one of the hardest things I have done with all three of our children is turn over the keys in what surely is a right-of-passage; the right to drive.  Now I am sure that kids do not behave like our pets and do everything we tell them, do they?  When it […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Why Are These People So Special? This Year’s Lisa Award Winners……Share.

Click here and read why these people ARE SO SPECIAL.  Also leave a  congratulations message by hitting reply–let them know what they mean to you! Also share with others—-these are remarkable people who all make a difference.  The power of one. I am a diabetes dad. Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’.

Categories
Uncategorized

Someone is Sitting, Alone in Their Room; Thinking. DO NOT FORGET Them.

What do the siblings think? Do they hurt for their brother or sister?  Do they care?  Do they not deal with the diagnosis of diabetes?  We make so much of what happens in when a child is diagnosed.  It changes our lives.  It turns a household upside down.  But alone, in the corner of their room; […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Toddler Dies —- Final Follow up—WOW, what a result.

There were voices.  Oh yes, there were many voices. This is a story of powerful voices.  It is very impressive.  But a child has still passed away and our work still is not done–remember this point as you read this story; the victory is only a small educational piece that WE MUST CONTINUE.  A candle is still […]

Categories
Uncategorized

This is About Dying in the Middle of the Night….LETS TALK: We Need to Help Each Other.

  This is a discussion, a tough discussion, but hiding from it WILL NOT MAKE IT go away. When I read a comment like; “….my child was diagnosed a year ago and I set my alarm to wake up 3-5 times to check, just to be sure……”; I am compelled to say something.  And there […]