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A Little Valentine

Every Thursday ‘Facebookers’ have adopted the day to be ‘throw-back-Thursday’.  People post a picture of their past.   It is quite enjoyable to see where so many have come from and what they were like when they were ‘younger’..  Yesterday I posted a picture of my daughter and I in an ad for the JDF (now JDRF) […]

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A Letter: PLEASE Come Back…….You are so MISSED!!!!!

Dear September 25th, 1992, Hi there. I guess you are a bit surprised to hear from me.  It’s been a long time I know.  I have been thinking of you a lot lately.  There is no easy way to say this and I need to be honest. I miss you. Things were always a little […]

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Gold Medal P and G Olympic Commercial—Moms of Children with Diabetes Deserve Their Own….Agree?

There is this P&G commercial that is featured during the Olympics about moms.  Have you seen it.  Well here it is and I would like you to take a look…click the picture below. Now my point today is not just about this commercial.  It is a grab-a-tissue-and-get-choked-up sort of commercial, isn’t it? Let’s accept the […]

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To Our Kids: Olympian Kris Freeman is Gold Whether He is on the Podium or Not

It was the 2010 Olympics and US Cross Country Skier, Kris Freeman, was just seconds from the lead and his blood sugar began to plummet, Kris did all he could to even stay in the race, much less take over the lead.  But he did not give up. The world of competitive sports is gruelling on any […]

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Tonight On Our Shewwww……….And HERE they are; The Diabetes Community (Applause, Loud Screaming etc.)

To my knowledge, there was never a BOC (Beatles Online Community), was there?  As I watched the tribute of fifty years since the ‘fab four’ appeared on the Ed Sullivan show last night I, along with all of America I’m sure, just marveled at the impact these four from Liverpool had on the world around […]

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Dear Valentine………..A Child’s Life Over a Rose……Is that Okay this Year??????

Dear Valentine, I was pondering whether to give you roses this year and all I kept thinking is; but roses die.  Sure they will look good for a little while, but roses die. Surely I could find a better way to spend some money than just giving something already cut, and already dying.  Surely we […]