So it is around 2:00 am. I’m wondering how many other parents are up at this time; for the millionth time? I turn on the TV and there is a movie about the boy-band sensation, One Direction. I could use a little ‘fluff’ tonight. As I watch their incredible trip with stardom, I’m taken by […]
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Bobby Kennedy once said, “Some men see things as they are and say why…….I dream things that never were and say why not.” Recently, with World Diabetes Day upon us, I had a conversation with someone who shared ‘how slow’ things seem to be going when it comes to diabetes, devices, and research. I disagreed. Certainly things […]
There is no room for the ‘F’ word in our world of diabetes. It’s enough that we do what we can, when we can, and the best way we can. The word ‘F’ailure need not apply yet we both hear it and use it all the time. Everything regarding diabetes, it seems, has a gauge. Whether […]
Have you ever felt like the waves of the ocean are crashing in over your little row-boat? You know that ‘row boat’, just you and your family going along in life doing your own thing and expecting life to have some ups and downs when all of a sudden……crash. The waves come in from all […]
When you were in school, what was more common; kids who did things positive and creative, or kids who were bullies? I was speaking with an old class buddy of mine and certain names came up and it was immediate when one particular name was called a bully. We stated what an idiot and he […]
Sitting across the table from Donna Mazyck, the Executive Director of the National Association of School Nurses, one cannot help but feel her incredible passion for not only her members but the people her members serve. On this day, I am not only sitting across from Donna but also at the table is Sarah Butler, […]