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Holidays: Is the Right One STRESSED???? It Should NOT BE YOU!!!!

Continuing in our series of, He Said, She Said; I am again proud and honored to team up with Author, Lecturer, AADE’s Educator of the Year, Susan Weiner, MS RDN CDE CDN. Thanksgiving is fast approaching. With that may come the anxiety of ‘what the heck’ do I do so I do not eat too much. Below […]

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My Kids…..”If Anyone was to Get Diabetes, the Right One Did.” Really?????

Of course there is no science to this and I may be way off base; but did you ever think that if anyone was to get diabetes; the correct child to get it…..got it.  I mean no one ever really talks about this and I’m never one to be shy on matters no one talks […]

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Your Child Deserves a Rock Star in their Life……oh Wait…..They Have One!!!!

So it is around 2:00 am.  I’m wondering how many other parents are up at this time; for the millionth time?  I turn on the TV and there is a movie about the boy-band sensation, One Direction. I could use a little ‘fluff’ tonight. As I watch their incredible trip with stardom, I’m taken by […]

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Diabetes Discoveries! Not as Fast as We Like; BUT Faster than We Think!!!

Bobby Kennedy once said, “Some men see things as they are and say why…….I dream things that never were and say why not.”  Recently, with World Diabetes Day upon us, I had a conversation with someone who shared ‘how slow’ things seem to be going when it comes to diabetes, devices, and research. I disagreed. Certainly things […]

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The “F” Word is Just Unacceptable…….Do YOUR Kids Use It?????

There is no room for the ‘F’ word in our world of diabetes.  It’s enough that we do what we can, when we can, and the best way we can.  The word ‘F’ailure need not apply yet we both hear it and use it all the time. Everything regarding diabetes, it seems, has a gauge.  Whether […]

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Waves Crashing In???? Take Heart, We’ve ALL Been There!!!!

Have you ever felt like the waves of the ocean are crashing in over your little row-boat?  You know that ‘row boat’, just you and your family going along in life doing your own thing and expecting life to have some ups and downs when all of a sudden……crash.  The waves come in from all […]