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Job Interview: Never Offer ‘IT’ Up. I TRULY Seek Input from Others; Teach Us what to Advise Our Kids.

There will come a time, if it has not already, that you (or you as you speak with those you love who have diabetes) will have to come to grips with the reality of the world.  I have two confessions to make.  I am not proud of these two confessions but I’m not apologizing for […]

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The Face that Makes Me want to Move Heaven and Earth and on this Day; a Reminder.

In my junior year in High School I was introduced to the theatre.  The show was Godspell.  I came off stage and told my mom that I would be doing this the rest of my life.  I would go on to appear in 3 other different productions in my career.  I figured it out once, […]

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A LI 5-Year-Old Saves Her Mommy’s Life; She knew 9-1-1; She Knew Diabetes

What an incredible story about a 5 year old……Little Jillian Given from Long Island shows us all that one is never too young to learn how to help–just in case.  When asked by the reporter how she knew, this little cutie responded, “My mom taught me.”  One smart mom for teaching her child; one incredibly cute and […]

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Diaversary, Why Would Anyone want to Celebrate That??????

How many times do we hear (or read) when people inform us about a ‘diaversary’; the anniversary of the day someone was diagnosed with diabetes. It is a horrible thing to recognize, or celebrate, don’t you think? Well in truth, I don’t. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” We […]

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Does Diabetes have a Sound??????

Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles.  Any fan of the holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, will tell you that Jimmy Stewart’s character, George Baily, states that those are the three best sounds in the world. I’m a little biased toward train whistles. Sounds.  All around us, but […]

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Diabetes…….Are People REALLY that Mean?

It happened again.  I was speaking with someone about what I do and why; and they proceeded to run down the entire list of what happened to their father, uncle, and grandfather in about as much unasked-for-details as you could imagine. When they left I started to think.  I thought of how many times this […]