If you are any type of sports fan, this was a once in a lifetime weekend. If you are a mom, you know the feeling all too well. Derek Jeter’s retirement from baseball closes a chapter of a once-in-a-lifetime player. One our grandchildren will ask about. During all of the fanfare, since last Thursday’s storybook […]
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It is almost to the minute that my beeper went off 22 years ago. On the screen were three numbers 9-1-1; something was very wrong at home. Our ‘code’ had been implemented. When created we, of course, thought it would never be needed, but there we were and the result would change our lives forever. […]
So by now school is very much underway. Kinks should be worked out and everything is going as smooth as glass……right? We can only hope. I saw a mom asking for advice on an issue that happened in school and one response stated that she should ‘march right down’ to the school and demand to […]
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Wish…..Wish…..(POOF)…Wish Granted!
Who influenced you in your life? Who had a lasting impression that you can point to and say, “THAT person made a difference” ? In many, many cases–different and outside of a family member, it was a teacher. Someone who took the time. Someone who showed they cared. Where I grew up, in Hempstead, Long […]
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Hugs!!!!!
Whether ‘virtual’ or being right next to someone and receiving it, there is truly nothing like a hug. Hugs are the perfect way to soothe an aching heart or allow someone to know just how much you care about them at a given moment. If you have not seen someone in a long time, meeting them […]
The decision-making process, dealing with diabetes, has so many factors leading us to a conclusion. The question we must continue to ask ourselves is what decisions are being made based upon good sound judgment and what decisions are being made base on absolute fear? Being cautious is different from being fearful and I think it’s […]