Happy Labor Day. Or as I like to say ‘happy-and-thanks-to-an-incredible-group-of-people-who-keep-hope-for-a-cure-alive-in-my-eyes-day”. You see, the idea of Labor Day becoming a legal holiday in the 1880’s to honor the Central Labor Union of New York and New Jersey; which would ‘morph’ into the many divisions of what we now call the AFL-CIO. It was ‘this celebration of […]
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Say the word ‘pee’ in a group of kids and snickering will surely follow. Peeing, all need to do it, and we all do it. When I lecture in grammar school classrooms and I say that constant urination, or peeing, is on ‘the list’ dealing with diabetes; snickering starts. I hit the snickering dead to rights. […]
There was a d-mom who was unable to be with her child who has diabetes. The child was staying with her grandparents and her meter read ‘high’. A second reading was taken, and ‘high’ came across again. She, unable to get to where her child was, asked what should she do, or have the grandparents do? As I […]
Does anyone else think of a Hippo when they see the word, or experience a, “Hypo”. I think there should be a Hippo named Hypo. We feel the weight of the world on our shoulders when we are faced with a “Hypo” so the weight on our shoulders is about the same of carrying a ‘Hippo’ […]
Recently I was on business in the state of Florida. As I left the parking lot, I spent 10 minutes trying to get this (what I thought was) little green gecko off the roof of my car. There I am talking to the little cutie by telling him to get off or he will be […]
I have decided to declare today…….a day of fluff; you in? I’m unsure who it is that has the power to declare a day in any such manner but if it is something that everyone wants, why not? So today is a day of fluff. You’re welcome. We are all bogged down with so much. […]