I was amazed how many people responded to yesterday’s article about ‘diabetes meltdown’. As I read so many responses, I noticed an underlying thread in so many that I wanted to share my thoughts today. The constant denominator that I noticed was the question on how far is one permitted to go in caring for a child […]
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It happens. In all sorts of varying degrees, but at some time or another our children will decide that they do not want diabetes anymore. More than just ‘not want it’, they will decide that they do not want to do anything to take care of it. In some it is for a day or […]
Once again, the parents were ahead of the curve. For the past few years there has been a trend in the numbers of young people being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. There was no official word, it was coming from the mouths of parents. “Yet another one was diagnosed, it just seems that it is […]
One of my favorite plays is Our Town by Thornton Wilder. “We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human […]
There is a scene at the end of the smash hit movie, The Devil Wears Prada, when the leading lady’s protégé/assistant has decided to move on. She sees her in the street after she has left her employment and although she is furious at her leaving, this small smile runs across her face because she knows she […]
Okay, I need your help. Because I do not know from personal experience; I seek your input today. It is May 2nd and families are getting ready to send their child(ren) to camp. Our kids did not attend summer camp, or by time Kaitlyn did–she did as a counselor–but it surely is a topic THAT […]