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Diabetes????……Do I Keep My Child Home from School?

This is a really tough question to address but I feel it important enough to discuss.  My goal here is not to open up Pandora’s Box but rather, to create an important dialogue.  I understand each family is different and each parent must make the call on a case-by-case basis.  Let’s respect what others do, and accept it […]

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A MOM: I Will Never Get This RIGHT!!!!!!!

I have often found myself reflecting back to the days when Kaitlyn was very, very young and we began this journey.  Do you ever reflect back? If you are fairly new at this ‘diabetes thing’, it may seem like such a long haul ahead of you but let me share that you should look back […]

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Every One of these Magical Dancers has T1D…….and that Was Not The Only Magic. WOW!!!!!!!

Everyone of these young ladies, dancing their hearts out, have type 1 diabetes.  Dancing for Diabetes has that kind of magic that made this entire evening one of the most memorable of all my World Diabetes Days in all my 22 years on this journey……understanding the nature of it, it was a hugely memorable evening all around.  The […]

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Diabetes Awareness Day I Created Something You Can Share to People Without Diabetes

So here is something you can share with those people who do not have diabetes.  A simple cup…….with a message. It just seemed to me that instead of it being a controversy, it could be used for a simple message…..a message that could save the life of someone you know and love.   It’s ‘interesting enough’ that local […]

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Tomorrow is November 14th; Nothing Tops the Reason We Started…….and Nothing Ever Will.

I’m all in favor of everything that will happen tomorrow, and for that matter, all this month regarding diabetes.  Happy Birthday tomorrow, Dr. Banting and thank you for creating insulin; it–more than anything else ever discovered, created, invented, researched, and/or implemented is still the single-best finding EVER in the world of diabetes…..and everything else pales […]

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HEADLINE: Diabetes Caught Twerking in NYC Night Club

I have always found it fascinating how Realty Show Stars and other celebrities capture the headlines.  You know that at least three names jumped into your head as soon as you read the first line of today’s article. Interesting isn’t it? There’s always so much discussion how little people know about diabetes.  How much more diabetes […]