There is a friend of mine. His name is Kevin. Kevin has type 1 diabetes. Kevin comes from a great family, a close family. They celebrate good times together, root for their home teams together, and live life as anyone would hope to live life. He has a great mom and dad and has a sister […]
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su·per·hero noun \-ˌhir-(ˌ)ō, -ˌhē-(ˌ)rō\ : a fictional character who has amazing powers (such as the ability to fly) : a very heroic person Sound like a few people you might know? I came across this today and those, both, who live with, and deal with, diabetes seem to fit this definition, don’t you think. I, for one, […]
I have two dogs. Jessie and Dusty. At some point while playing with them, they will decide they have had enough and will just sit and look at me. They do as they wish. They are well-trained dogs and, really, are very good dogs. Almost anyone who meets them comments on how wonderful they are […]
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Do You Have an Opinion??????
If you ever want to start a discussion, a very lively discussion; all one needs to do is to enter a popular FB page or a popular blog and start off a comment with your opinion in the following way: “As a lifelong Republican I feel that Obama……” or “As a lifelong Democrat I can tell […]
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Where are the Daddies?
As one looks across the diabetes landscape, it is more than obvious that there is a missing link to the family dynamic in dealing with diabetes. Where are the daddies? Now hold on a second, I’m not saying that dads are missing altogether and I’m not saying that dads do not do a lot. But would […]
As I bought a coffee this week, standing around the coffee island in my local 7-11, a young man (early twenties) walked in with a baseball cap turned to one side. He was pouring his coffee when another man in a delivery uniform entered. Without exaggeration, the conversation resembled this: After a hand shake and a chest […]