I was thrilled to hear John Lasseter discuss how his son’s life with diabetes was an influence on a character (Elsa) in his smash film, Frozen. I have, for over 20 years, called T1 Diabetes, the Snowflake Disease. And for some reason, the two now ‘just seem correctly connected’. My term, Snowflake Disease has always been […]
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I had this thought (that surprise you?). For the last few months I have watched as Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho, Miss America-top-online-vote-getter; as she shouted from the mountain tops about having diabetes while she competed for the Miss America crown. Took a lot of guts to do that, didn’t it? Not easy to go out […]
Ok, The Miss America Competition is over and Sierra Sandison did not win…….or did she? I guess the first question one needs to ask is; “What is your definition of win?” At the end of the night, did she wear the crown? If that is your definition: no she did not win. I have a different definition […]
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Don’t Wait……BE THE SOMEONE ELSE!
We are faced with many choices in this world. We are faced with many moments in this world. At any given moment there is a choice presented and the decision comes down to what road do we take? What time do we give? What is our choice to ‘just don’t do nothing”? I find it […]
I have seen hundreds of stories of September 11th, 2001. I was a story of that day as well. Last night, while at Citifield to watch ‘my’ NY Mets (leave me alone I’ve heard all the comments that exist), there were ceremonies in remembrance on the anniversary of 9-1-1. A man walked to the mound to throw […]
It has been a whirlwind since we first discussed the “Child’s Cry for Change”. Efforts to help educate…..well……the world on looking for the warning signs regarding diabetes; and the diagnosis therein. The goal is for the warning signs to be seen much sooner and that no child is diagnosed with T1 at death. This is […]