Are you just counting down the days until summer with your kids. In as much as I love the summer, I think one of the most brilliant commercials ever made was this one (only 30 seconds): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvQO0jrRj6I ……and they ran a whole series of them……and you can bet it will be back again. There are […]
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With Thursday’s being “Throw Back Thursday” and Father’s Day this weekend; I thought I would write a little bit about my dad. This Father’s Day, as in many Father’s Days, I will be out of town for a D.A.D.s Event. D.A.D.s is an acronym that we have used for over 35 years and stands for Dollars Against Diabetes….D.A.D./Father’s Day…..get […]
I read, again, how a mom of a newly diagnosed child was seeking names of celebrities who have type 1 diabetes to inspire her child. Inspiration to show that they can do anything with diabetes. I love our athletes and celebrities who continue to show us that all heights are reachable. Swimming in the Olympics like my […]
“I had a feeling…..” “My intuition made me check…..” “My gut was telling me…..” You know what that is about, right? I have absolutely no scientific study to back today’s article but I have been around long enough to know that there is an additional tool in a parents’ diabetes tool box that should never […]
I believe that when we engage in conversation with others who do not live with diabetes; we have but a few choices to deal with regarding what may come back to us in the discussion. The simple truth is that people do not know what we go through, and unless you have diabetes, you really […]
One of my favorite movies of all time, and not merely during the holidays, is a Christmas Carol starring the one and only Alastair Sim. It is the production to which all others are compared. That said, there is a line in the movie that makes me cringe every time I see it. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew, is leaving […]