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 […]
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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 […]
Unless you have been hiding in a cave or under a rock for the last few days, you completely understand the picture with this article today. Using this ‘real thing’ in the manner it was; not cool. I’m not going to mention the perpetrator, because they have received enough free coverage already. Many, many, people […]
How far are we to let ignorance go? Television show, campaign ads, movies, and just general ignorance of diabetes……..when do we do something ‘more-concrete’ to put a stop to it? Are we able to put a stop to it? A few years ago there was a huge brouhaha over some ‘diabetes things’ surrounding Paula Dean. Remember? […]
Years ago, I was friends with a man named Arthur Iger. He was more of a mentor, actually. Arthur was the father of Bob Iger who is the Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company…..yes, THAT Walt Disney Company. Through Arthur, I came to learn much about Bob, who many have credited for many […]
These two stories NEED to be together. So I decided to give the space so they can be enjoyed side-by-side as they should be. Need to inspire someone today????…..share this link. Diabetes super-mom, and sister-in-arms, Moira McCarthy Stanford wrote this incredible piece on a very special young lady named Kate Hall. Read this story first, and […]