The phone. You know, the call. You know, the amount of times that you pick it up and it feels like a million pounds. The weight of calling a loved one to deliver the bad news You remember it; “Mom, Dad, we are at the hospital, she has type one diabetes.” Or the call with even […]
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What is your favorite diabetes phrase or word? You know the one you saw and made you say, now that says it all. One of my favorites…….and it may be taken as a tad crude by some, I guess and I apologize in advance, but I just love the word “diabadass”. It is an edgy […]
We have all heard THAT phrase at one time or another. “Why can’t I be like other kids?” It goes through us like a sword, doesn’t it? Sometimes it is followed by tears, sometimes a hug, we stay strong. We die a little on the inside also, don’t we? We have addressed this issue two […]
Twenty years ago today. Diagnosis? Worse. It was a Monday. I was the Director of the (at that time) JDF (now JDRF) Long Island Office. For a chapter that was not in a major city, we were hugely successful with one of the most successful chapters in the country. The volunteers (and many, now, lifelong friends) […]
When is enough, enough? It just seems to me that the resilience and positive-ness of our kids gets tested time and time again………and again. Our kids, sometimes, seem to bounce-back from almost anything. I once wrote an article that referenced the fact that all of the accomplishments are our kids have done, always seem to come […]
Please read each one of these, I have copied them exactly as written: “Nobody should have to go into a bathroom to……” “………you don’t want your kids seeing that because you have the daunting task of explaining…..” “……She could have taken him to the car……” “…….find it irritating to read many of these moronic comments…… […]