If your kid yells to you in a department store that they are high and you know there is not substance abuse……you might be part of the diabetes community. If you find test strips attached to your dog…….you might be part of the diabetes community. If you know who the cute little bushmeister is…….you might […]
The pain. Ten of thousands of finger pricks, shots, lows, highs, other management nightmares, and tears. Thousands of trips to doctors, glucagon, severe lows, severe highs, and tears. Sleepless nights, dragging days, school hassles, other problems from life, and tears. Diabetes is a non-stop barrage of pain and emotion. It gathers you together and drop- […]
Today I stood on hallowed ground caused by terrorism for the second time in my life. Those who know me well know my story of spending thirty-six hours in Lower Manhattan from 9/11-9/12 in 2001. It’s too long a story to go into here but it was surely a day I will both never forget […]
These two stones rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC. Two of the worst disasters in our aviation-space-history. I had to wait to get close to them because there was a school in front of me crowding around as the they were lectured to how important these days in history were and to take a moment […]
I was in Washington DC this week for a conference. I had an hour for lunch and have not been to Arlington Cemetery since I was six, so I took a quick run over there. The man you see here is as ‘spit-and-shine’ perfect as you will ever see. He is a soldier at Arlington […]
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When A Second Child is Diagnosed.
The second date becomes engrained in your mind as did the first date. Child number two has been diagnosed. I remember the feeling like it was yesterday. Another event in our life a simple band-aid just would not work. We understood that we knew what to do. So many reminded us of that point. We did not […]