Today I stood on hallowed ground caused by terrorism for the second time in my life. Those who know me well know my story of spending thirty-six hours in Lower Manhattan from 9/11-9/12 in 2001. It’s too long a story to go into here but it was surely a day I will both never forget […]
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These two stones rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC. Two of the worst disasters in our aviation-space-history. I had to wait to get close to them because there was a school in front of me crowding around as the they were lectured to how important these days in history were and to take a moment […]
I was in Washington DC this week for a conference. I had an hour for lunch and have not been to Arlington Cemetery since I was six, so I took a quick run over there. The man you see here is as ‘spit-and-shine’ perfect as you will ever see. He is a soldier at Arlington […]
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When A Second Child is Diagnosed.
The second date becomes engrained in your mind as did the first date. Child number two has been diagnosed. I remember the feeling like it was yesterday. Another event in our life a simple band-aid just would not work. We understood that we knew what to do. So many reminded us of that point. We did not […]
As I have stated before, the highlight of my job is meeting people from all over who dedicate themselves to making sure one day diabetes is gone forever. Probably the single largest contributor to this effort is a group made up of men and women of the Building and Construction Trades Department (the BCTD) of the […]
I was asked to rerun this column and respectfully I post it again. Okay—here is the idea. While we wait for so many things from a cure to better tools for management like a bionic/artificial pancreas; here is my idea. Knowing one of the BIGGEST fears for parents is losing our child(ren) (or loved one […]