He was adopted. From the beginning, the cards were stacked against him. His mother left him at an orphanage at the age of two. He probably could have wallowed in what he was given as his lot in life, but he decided that feeling sorry for himself, just would not do. And it never did. Many […]
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The choice to die. If you have never been by someone’s bedside as their life was ending, you may not fully understand ‘that’ choice. I have. For more times than I care to remember. Each time I walked away saying the same thing, ‘why do we have that humane treatment for animals but we, ourselves, […]
Well it’s here again. Diabetes Awareness month. Why bother, right? TV shows will still get it wrong, organizations will still fight to own the spotlight, friends and relatives will still get it wrong, pharma companies are still the big bad guys, and our kids will still battle this disease for another year…….what difference does it really […]
Well Happy Halloween. In this day of frights and scares, I wanted to share a story with you that changed my life living with diabetes at the time (and now times two). I was once asked, what do you fear the most about your daughter having diabetes? After saying all of the obvious; going low, […]
Education. We see it all the time. The outcry for better education in so many areas. Campaigns, ideas, thoughts, outreach, anything that can be tried is tried. As many creative ideas that take the turn where some get little attention and some get a lot of attention. Some are liked, some are controversial. Everyone looks […]
This weekend as Saturday moves into Sunday, we change our clocks back one hour. One Hour? What would you do if you could change back the hours of your clock? I have asked many people with diabetes this question and many times I’m told, most often, that they could not imagine who they would be […]