Do You Want to be My FFL? (pronounced Fif El). It represents the acronym Friends for Life. The video attached is something that anyone with diabetes can relate. It was written by Sarah Loebner, a very special young lady. The introduction read at Friends for Life Conference was as follows: She—-was diagnosed with T1 […]
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One of the most amazing things I have learned over the years is that each and every family approaches diabetes in their own unique manner. The more I learn, the more I ask myself, is there one way that works in the day-to-day management of this disease that all families could apply to their lives………that […]
There will usually come a time when a child with diabetes will say to their parents, “Leave me alone, I got this.” Horror…..right? I always loved the picture I included……..I have no idea if this kid ‘has this’ or not……but he surely looks like he has the confidence………but it surely is scary. Diabetes can […]
Registration is open here in Florida. I have often discussed CWD’s Friends for Life…..I have been a faculty member there since its inception; it’s an honor I cherish. They have an annual conference each year in July in Orlando and thousands attend. They run local weekend conferences as well. There are scholarships available for families who […]
Camps. Rafting trips. Summer competitions. Day trips away. Over night trips. Trips over a few days. When our kids with diabetes partake in these events it makes the anxiety level go through the roof…..right? We want them to flourish and grow but at the same time we want to parent-helicopter them and hover over them […]
Life changed for me in 2001, it was September 11th. I was there, for two days, I inhaled everything. We are America. We have problems today, just pick up a newspaper. Tensions racially, gender, sexual orientation. Rich. Poor. Wow. We are America. We have crime, and mixed opinions on guns and marriage. We have mixed […]