Have you ever seen a story in the news about the rising cost of oil prices? Usually a photo of men hovering together as if to show that they control the price per barrel and the rest of the world can only watch and wait…..and bear the brunt of whatever decision is made. You’ve seen […]
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Okay, I admit that the title was a bit much…..but so many who should be involved in this have yet to do so. AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. Remember your anger reading about the so many who have died, or became seriously ill, because their diagnosis of T1D was missed? Kycie, Little Reegan, and so many […]
Olympic parents. Specifically Olympic moms. Ever see them in the stands? Close-up, upon close-up, of the moms who know everything their child sacrificed and diligently worked at to be in the Olympics. Proctor and Gamble even did a commercial about Olympic moms. Yeah, so what. Actually I don’t mean to belittle those moms and in […]
Dear Children with Diabetes Friends for Life, It’s been 17 years since we started together. Wow! Where did the time go? I don’t know if I’ve ever said this to you before, so I’m sorry it took so long. Thank you for saving the life of my first child, and also for saving the life […]
Now hold on for a second and stay with me. I have been at the CWD FFL conference this week and one of the speakers posed the question similar to what I asked in the heading. Because of diabetes my life is better……. I answered, “It’s not.” My positive attitude is not changed, my incredible […]
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We are America.
We are America. We are bigger than attacks knocking down our biggest buildings. We are bigger than assassinations of our leaders. We are America. We are bigger than when our weakest are struck. We are bigger when our strongest are made to fall. We are America. We have cheered our teams, we have buried our […]