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Girl Who Died from Diabetes–Court Upholds Parents’ Conviction of Homicide!

Can anyone on this living earth shine a light to help me understand this type of behavior in any shape or form?   Anger just does not adequately describe my feelings on this at all!!!! Why did this beautiful young lady need to go through this????? This story comes from Madison, WI. A mother and father […]

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Diabetes….as a Parent; Really……..I Have No Clue. I Cannot Fool Myself.

You know it is so unfair. I try to remind myself (very often) that in as much as I try to write about what it is like having diabetes in our home, I still do not know what it is like to have it inside me.  It breaks my heart when I read that one […]

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Who is the Hero Brother or Sister in Your House?????

Hit reply on this post and tell us in one sentence why the sibling of your child with diabetes is a hero.  No voting on what is the best answer…..they ALL ARE THE BEST ANSWER. So here we go; tell us what makes your child with diabetes’ sister or brother so FABULOUS…….and they surely are. […]

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When is the Last Time You Had Fun??????….We can Still Do that You Know!!

What is that feeling when you feel for a moment, for an hour, or for a day everything is as it should be? We spend a good deal of time beating diabetes down in our household and I believe we do a good job in trying to move our lives forward.  We are not blind.  We […]

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“Summer Love’n….Had Me a Blast!”…….Oh Yeah?……Where are Your Kids??????

It’s summertime. I guess you probably have noticed.  School is over.  You have gone to the nurses office and collected the 9 million things s/he utilized, ensuring your child would be safe through each and every school day. But now it’s done and there’s a new situation now and I seek your input to help […]

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Airport Security….Pumps…and Advice for Little Ones.

There has been much discussion about what happens with an insulin pump when going through security at airports. I caution those who say, “it’s okay, I just send it through…..so far…nothing has happened, so why worry.”  I have heard others say one should not attempt that because it could damage the machinery.  Now, granted, you can […]