I love that saying. Sometimes super heroes do not have capes. Now at the onset I will admit I’m writing this with a biased slant. How could I not? How could you not? Super heroes accomplish amazing things despite the adverse conditions creating incredible odds against them. Hmmmmmmmmm….sound like anyone you know? I write this […]
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I had a dream last night. It was of the Smollon Family. Growing up, Richie Smollon was my best friend and lived around the block from my house. We could get to each other’s house without walking all the way around the block and by ‘cutting through’ a neighbor’s back yard which led right into Richie’s […]
I had this thought. Now I know that surprises many of you but it was an interesting thought and I wanted to share it; and ask your thoughts as well. I kept thinking about November. Diabetes Awareness month. There was a ton of things done across the diabetes landscape. Good things. Important things. But very many […]
It was fun to receive emails from people asking me what I thought about Peter Pan Live. I’m flattered and to-be-clear I am no expert, or certainly no more an expert than everyone else who saw it. When I sit down to watch a live show bought to me in another form like film or […]
When your child was diagnosed with diabetes, you figured out what was wrong and you knew you could move forward on your own with the help of friends. After you realized that it was T1 diabetes, you went online and spoke to people and figured out what to do. You knew you should probably take […]
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Are YOU a ‘Helicopter Parent’???
Are you a “helicopter parent”? That is a parent that ‘hovers’ over their child at all times. I just heard this description recently and I ask it of you today. The term “helicopter parents” is an expression for parents that has been widely used in the media. It seems it first appeared as early as 1969 […]