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Gold Medal P and G Olympic Commercial—Moms of Children with Diabetes Deserve Their Own….Agree?

There is this P&G commercial that is featured during the Olympics about moms.  Have you seen it.  Well here it is and I would like you to take a look…click the picture below. Now my point today is not just about this commercial.  It is a grab-a-tissue-and-get-choked-up sort of commercial, isn’t it? Let’s accept the […]

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To Our Kids: Olympian Kris Freeman is Gold Whether He is on the Podium or Not

It was the 2010 Olympics and US Cross Country Skier, Kris Freeman, was just seconds from the lead and his blood sugar began to plummet, Kris did all he could to even stay in the race, much less take over the lead.  But he did not give up. The world of competitive sports is gruelling on any […]

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Tonight On Our Shewwww……….And HERE they are; The Diabetes Community (Applause, Loud Screaming etc.)

To my knowledge, there was never a BOC (Beatles Online Community), was there?  As I watched the tribute of fifty years since the ‘fab four’ appeared on the Ed Sullivan show last night I, along with all of America I’m sure, just marveled at the impact these four from Liverpool had on the world around […]

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Dear Valentine………..A Child’s Life Over a Rose……Is that Okay this Year??????

Dear Valentine, I was pondering whether to give you roses this year and all I kept thinking is; but roses die.  Sure they will look good for a little while, but roses die. Surely I could find a better way to spend some money than just giving something already cut, and already dying.  Surely we […]

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A Young Man Taking on Diabetes…….Let Him Know How GREAT HE IS!!!!!!!! Diabetesdad’s Hero of the Day.

Isaiah is four years old and was diagnosed three weeks after his first birthday.  Proud mom just shared this photo showing off his new CGM which he put on willingly and ‘without tears’, I am told.  Look at the beautiful and energetic face.  This little man is ready for anything.  Diabetes will stop him from […]

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“Don’t Ask THAT!!!!!!!!” Really?

While at LAX airport awaiting my flight home yesterday, a young man in his early twenties (at most) was on-line.  It was clear that one of his arms was different from the other with only three fingers on a shortened arm. A little girl of about 5 was staring at his hand.  He bent over […]