In answer to the many postings I have recently seen from children (and parents) asking Santa for a cure, today, with apologies to The New York Sun, I again dust off an old article I did for dLife and respond to an updated letter from a young lady who asked a simple question during this holiday season. […]
Now do not beat me up on this….I am not trying to change your mind about this wonderful film…………..but…………in this world of emphasis being placed on trying to be so politically correct, I was watching the Christmas Classic It’s a Wonderful Life this holiday season; and as I watched I was wondering—-could it ever be made […]
Today’s date is 12-13-14. It will be a long time until that happens again. In fact it will be a hundred years. Pretty safe to say where many of us will be at that time. As I looked at that day today, I kept thinking about the diabetes of 1-2-3. I am referring to the first […]
Whether you have a diabetes alert dog or you have one (two, or more) that just like being in the home, there is something to be said about our family members with four paws, isn’t there? I am not quite sure how they do it, but on more than one occasion when one of us […]
I was speaking with someone tonight regarding my article “Take THAT diabetes”. They congratulated me on Kaitlyn’s acceptance into Nursing School. As we said good-bye, I was told; “…..so now you can worry a little less now that she will not be home….”. I immediately thought of that wonderful song from the holiday classic, White Christmas. When they […]
I received a message yesterday from a mom. When we connected on the phone she could barely keep her enthusiasm in check. Something big was happening to her daughter and it had to do with something she wanted for a long, long time. Most kids without diabetes dream of this opportunity as well; and to accomplish […]