Once again, the parents were ahead of the curve. For the past few years there has been a trend in the numbers of young people being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. There was no official word, it was coming from the mouths of parents. “Yet another one was diagnosed, it just seems that it is […]
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One of my favorite plays is Our Town by Thornton Wilder. “We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human […]
There is a scene at the end of the smash hit movie, The Devil Wears Prada, when the leading lady’s protégé/assistant has decided to move on. She sees her in the street after she has left her employment and although she is furious at her leaving, this small smile runs across her face because she knows she […]
Okay, I need your help. Because I do not know from personal experience; I seek your input today. It is May 2nd and families are getting ready to send their child(ren) to camp. Our kids did not attend summer camp, or by time Kaitlyn did–she did as a counselor–but it surely is a topic THAT […]
It will happen. No matter how good we think we are, no matter how hard we work at it, there will come a time that you will need help along the way. Bet on it. If not yet, it will happen. Because everything we deal with is life, and life is every thing we deal […]
The phone. You know, the call. You know, the amount of times that you pick it up and it feels like a million pounds. The weight of calling a loved one to deliver the bad news You remember it; “Mom, Dad, we are at the hospital, she has type one diabetes.” Or the call with even […]