Theresa May, the British Conservative politician who is the current Home Secretary, has announced that she was diagnosed with T1 diabetes about 2 months ago. The former financial consultant assures her constituency that she will continue on. “The diabetes doesn’t affect how I do the job or what I do. It’s just part of life … […]
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How is that for the title of today’s article? I noticed it as I was driving and it happened four different times. It bought me back years ago to a dear friend named Linda. We were driving when this stupid bird in front of my car just looked at us as the car approached. Linda asked me if I thought […]
In the year 1999 Laura Billetdeaux (CWD Friends for Life organizer and founder) stated she was going to Florida and if anyone wanted to meet her there, they could. Five hundred people met her there and Friends for Life was born; and two weeks ago 3500 people showed up again. At the CWD FFL Ball at the conference, it was […]
Two are having their first child. One was just married. Four have diabetes, two do not; Can you tell, of course you can’t. Diabetes is a huge part of the lives of all six of them none-the-less. A few are in love. One is my daughter; the rest I have known for some time. When I saw this […]
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Barbara Singer is a national treasure. She is a mom to two children with diabetes and if she chooses to share her story with you sometime, it will make you thankful for whereever you are in this journey. She and her husband, are two of the original founders of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. When […]
From my time as a producer, I can tell you that it is a very labor-consuming, frustrating, and difficult time frame, from conception to airtime, creating a commercial or Public Service Announcement (PSA). Trying to think of a commercial with a concept that captures the viewer’s attention by being edgy like this one created for […]