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Travel…….High Anxiety! One Very Simple Rule will Go a Long Way at TSA!!!!!!

There is a list full of things to do when you are about to embark on travel that will take you through security.  You can find them all over the internet and I’m not going to rehash all of it again today. I have read where parents have had nightmare experiences with their children and their […]

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T.G.I. F. (Thanking Great Individuals Forever)–a Man who Just Will NOT Give Up.

  There is a man I know.  It is hard for me to write about him because my eyes swell up with tears every time I try. I have been at this for over twenty years.  Every time I see someone or meet someone who I have not seen active in a while I ask […]

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A Cat Video….Surely Reminds me of a Few Experiences with Diabetes!! or Who is Training Whom?

  Remind YOU of anything? Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rXLZfsJT0 I’m a Diabetes dad.

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Be Honest, Don’t you Really Just Want to Shoot Someone, Sometimes?????

Did you seriously say that about my child with diabetes? No I did not give them too many sweets. Ever have anyone come to you and with all sincerity in their eyes say, “I know exactly what you are going through, my dog had diabetes.” Really?   I mean Really? When our second child was diagnosed; “Tom, […]

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Wanted: Santa’s Elves—-Don’t do Nothing

This is a pet project of mine. Last year I ran a fund raising event that was fun and worth while.  I sent personal letters to children, from Santa Claus. Parents would make a donation to the DRI and we would send a letter from Santa Claus; complete with stamp from the North Pole. Kids […]

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Thank you Peanuts…..Happy Halloween! A GREAT idea…..still.

To this day, the BEST idea about how to handle Halloween still rests with our friends in Charles Schulz’s character-land of Peanuts. Agreed.  Your kids can still eat some of the candy even with their diabetes. Agreed.  There probably is not a time that Halloween did not come and go that our kids did not go […]