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This Year’s Lisa Award Recipient. Only One and the Only One Awarded Twice….Here’s Why.

For years, each June, I have given out my Lisa Awards.  Lisa passed away in 2009 at the age of 36 and she taught me, and this world, about the Power of one person.  Usually I acknowledge a few people who have taught this world the power of one in the diabetes world because that […]

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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’.

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A TV Icon, in Her Darkest Time…..Teaches Us All Lesson

I was, and still am a huge fan of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.  I honestly believe that I saw every episode at least 3 times among the original air dates (1970-1977), reruns, and you tube. Probably more than any other celebrity, Ms. Moore has made no secret of her T1 Diabetes and her devotion to […]

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She Very Well May Save Your Life…..Read…..and more important…..SHARE!

She didn’t have to write this. She did not have to be so honest and truthful. What she went through, is none of our business. What she goes through she shares. To feel sorry for her?  Not in her make-up. AT ALL. To feel her pain?  Nope. To display her hardship?  Haven’t seen that yet. She […]

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Sunday dHero….Cancer Just Won’t Do!!!

His Godfather passed away last December after a lengthy battle with cancer.  Since the day he was diagnosed in 2009 with diabetes, he was witnessing the battles his Godfather faced everyday, different than his, a battle that would only prolong the inevitable. After he was diagnosed, at the age of 13, he had to battle within […]

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A mad as hell tragedy…we can all help. Read, do, & share.

It’s not enough. You have to get mad; so mad that you do something. Dammit I’m angry as hell. You get mad too. Please read. Meri and Ryan Schuhmacher with their 4 young boys (teens and below in age) were just like any other couple; you, me, or even your friends and/or relatives, they’re a […]