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We are America.

We are America. We are bigger than attacks knocking down our biggest buildings. We are bigger than assassinations of our leaders. We are America. We are bigger than when our weakest are struck. We are bigger when our strongest are made to fall. We are America. We have cheered our teams, we have buried our […]

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2016 Lisa Awards, A Family, Elected Officials, an Organization, and a D-Mom Blogger. YAY!

So hard to believe another year has gone by.  Each year around June (her birthday), in honor of my friend Lisa Carlinsky, I bestow my Lisa Awards — kudos to people who understand the power of one person. To people who, in their own way, changing the world just like Lisa did. My friend Lisa […]

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If We Have EVER asked You to Do and Share Something……THIS IS IT.

There certainly is no secret how strongly I feel about the missed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D).  Many long hours after work and at lunchtime I spend spreading the word so we can stop the seriousness of kids seeing a medical professional with flu/virus like symptoms and no testing being done resulting, many times, in disaster. […]

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When a Pro Ball Player Walked Off the Mound and Into the Hearts of Kids with T1D.

I just love….LOVE; when someone in professional sports, who has achieved playing at the highest level and does it with type 1 diabetes (T1D), takes the time to encourage kids to do the same.  It is one of the favorite things about being in this diabetes world.  I try to arrange it any chance I can.  Our […]

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My Quest Will Always be to Find that Cure, No Matter How Far.

Yeah, I get it.  The many years we have heard it.  The idea that pharma companies or the government is behind the stopping of it.  The notion that we should not get our hopes up.  The idea that it could never happen.  I have been at this for over 23 years and the one thing that […]

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We Lose a POWERHOUSE; and I’m Sad, So Deeply Sad. RIP Kitty.

I always LOVED this picture of Kitty.  The microphone was always as symbolic as it was practical describing Kitty because if there was a person with a TRUE voice in the diabetes community; it was Kitty Castellini.  Thousands of hours of broadcasts and tireless efforts in advocating for you, for me, for us in the diabetes community. […]