In life, many things are not as you would think. The signs may point to one thing, but once you are ‘through the gate’ you find that it is something else altogether. I am contacted a lot about insurance companies. What is covered, what is not covered. Why are they so difficult to speak to? […]
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Do you hear people differently now that you have a child with diabetes? How many times in the day do people say, “how are you?” DO they really mean, how are you? Do they really want to hear how we are? Is it ‘new language’ for just plain everyday, “Hi”? If everything is fine, the quick […]
I had the opportunity for a one-on-one interview with NASCAR Xfinity Series ‘checker-flag’ recipient, Ryan Reed, shortly after his huge victory at Daytona National Speedway last weekend. This remarkable young man is not only taking NASCAR by storm, he and his partners at Lilly Diabetes and The American Diabetes Association’s Drive To Stop Diabetes, are […]
I had the chance to speak to a new mom. Well she is not a new mom, but a new mom where diabetes has become the new normal. Let’s just call her ‘S’. ‘S’ asked me to call her because she had questions about her nine-year-old who was diagnosed only a few weeks ago. She […]
On this day, let pride win. Instead of feeling the hurt, the pain, the grief over diabetes being in the life of your child, why not choose NOT TO GIVE IT SO MUCH attention—-just on this one day. Brag about your child. Be proud. Brag to us all……about anything. Choose the fact that your child […]
Turning down every chance you’re given. Takes the risk out of life, but friend How the hell can you call that livin’? Out There—from the Broadway Musical, Barnum I have been thinking a lot about the pathways our children will take. As I reported the news on Ryan Reed’s huge victory this weekend in Daytona, I could […]