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 […]
As I have stated before, the highlight of my job is meeting people from all over who dedicate themselves to making sure one day diabetes is gone forever. Probably the single largest contributor to this effort is a group made up of men and women of the Building and Construction Trades Department (the BCTD) of the […]
I was asked to rerun this column and respectfully I post it again. Okay—here is the idea. While we wait for so many things from a cure to better tools for management like a bionic/artificial pancreas; here is my idea. Knowing one of the BIGGEST fears for parents is losing our child(ren) (or loved one […]
At the end of the day, it’s about people. On many occassions I hear and/or read about this company or that company and the ‘big bad’ machine that operates in the daily business pages. I want to share something today about a big company made up of……..well………people, many having a tie-in with diabetes, just like […]
I have stated before that I meet the most remarkable people in my travels. Traveling this week to an incredible event to benefit those who battle diabetes every day. On the plane recently I began a conversation with Betty. Betty had remarkable tales of her family and one in particular struck me and that was […]