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Building an Empire for Our Children with Diabetes…..They Don’t Need to, but they Surely Do!!!!!!!

I have said it before; I have to do what I do.  It’s a promise I MADE to my daughter and again, to my son.  You probably made the same promise. Last week, I attended a dinner.  Well not ‘just any dinner’ but the annual Empire Ball in New York City benefitting the Diabetes Research […]

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The Time To be Taught IS NOT when a Blue Candle is Lit

I thought long and hard before I starting writing this column.  I decided to write it for a few reasons.  The first and foremost was/is that I am, or was, as guilty of the subject matter as anybody.  I have written quite a few NEWSBREAKS dealing with the death of a child in the diabetes community.  […]

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Danger is Real; Fear is a Choice. In Your Diabetes World; How Do You Live?

Many of the things I choose to write about are inspired from a variety of sources; one being the online community.  I see something that triggers something in my head and I’m off to the races as I question what it may or may not mean; and most importantly, how we all may learn from it.   […]

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Real Photo: I DID See Mommy Kissing Santa Claus…….Celebrate Your Family.

I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus In this picture is my family (that’s me in the front—cute huh?).  That’s mom kissing Santa Claus. At that age I was not sure, but now I am; my father is Santa Claus in the picture 🙂 .  My look is real; although I was not sure why Santa […]

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Upon Diagnosis; “THANK GOD I was Not a Medical Professional!!!!”

I am not speaking for anyone else here, I am speaking for me.   I am so glad that when my daughter was diagnosed in 1992 that I was not (and still am not) a medical professional.  Imagine being trained your entire professional life all of the medical perspectives to everything in the human body.  Imagine you […]

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“YOU ARE SO WRONG…….I’m the One that’s Right!!!!!!” Really?

The passion heard in the banter among people involved with diabetes is commendable.  Sometimes I have seen, and/or heard, it take a turn for the worse.  I was witness to two people discussing a point of view regarding an aspect of care for their child.  One person did something one way; and the other did […]