I have no voice from screaming at the TV. Car accident after car accident. Two involving Ryan. But still, he kept coming back. And kept coming back. In a race that went into overtime…. Ryan Reed won at Daytona tonight in one of the longest races ever on record. BAM TAKE THAT DIABETES. My heart was […]
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We hear it all the time. Young people. They lack enthusiasm. They are lazy. They have become cold. They are too ‘into’ themselves. They just don’t care. Well………tonight I experienced something that I wish so many could have witnessed; but more than that I wish everyone in the diabetes community could have witnessed. Education for […]
If you are waiting on diabetes to have a ‘good’ day, you may be waiting a long, long time. Over the years I have heard and/or read some of the following: “I sure hope diabetes behaves today.” “I hope diabetes gives me a break.” “Diabetes better be nice today.” ……..it won’t. Diabetes is a beast. […]
In life, many things are not as you would think. The signs may point to one thing, but once you are ‘through the gate’ you find that it is something else altogether. I am contacted a lot about insurance companies. What is covered, what is not covered. Why are they so difficult to speak to? […]
Do you hear people differently now that you have a child with diabetes? How many times in the day do people say, “how are you?” DO they really mean, how are you? Do they really want to hear how we are? Is it ‘new language’ for just plain everyday, “Hi”? If everything is fine, the quick […]
I had the opportunity for a one-on-one interview with NASCAR Xfinity Series ‘checker-flag’ recipient, Ryan Reed, shortly after his huge victory at Daytona National Speedway last weekend. This remarkable young man is not only taking NASCAR by storm, he and his partners at Lilly Diabetes and The American Diabetes Association’s Drive To Stop Diabetes, are […]