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Speaking in the UK……and Something You May Not Know

I had the wonderful fortune of being asked to address the CWD UK Friends for Life Conference as the keynote speaker.   People seem to think that because of my background in the theatre that this task is an easy one.  Nothing could be further from the truth for two major reasons.  The first one is […]

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Sunday dHero—a Young Man Teaches Us All a Lesson.

It is a world of get ahead.  Many times it is get ahead at any costs.  Get one up on the ‘other guy’ so you can win.  Not so for my Sunday dHero, a sibling to a brother with diabetes.  As if it were not enough that he has agreed to take part in a […]

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Travel…….High Anxiety! One Very Simple Rule will Go a Long Way at TSA!!!!!!

There is a list full of things to do when you are about to embark on travel that will take you through security.  You can find them all over the internet and I’m not going to rehash all of it again today. I have read where parents have had nightmare experiences with their children and their […]

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Sunday dHero…..Getting between Bullies and Someone in Need! Please Let this Young Lady Know How Special She is.

Her name is Amber, she lives in California, she is 13, new in her school just moving there from Texas, and was diagnosed with diabetes at age 9.  She loves music and she is Diabetesdad’s Sunday dHero…….you may find her to be a hero also. Her mom states how Amber excels in so many different areas, loves […]

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Thank you Peanuts…..Happy Halloween! A GREAT idea…..still.

To this day, the BEST idea about how to handle Halloween still rests with our friends in Charles Schulz’s character-land of Peanuts. Agreed.  Your kids can still eat some of the candy even with their diabetes. Agreed.  There probably is not a time that Halloween did not come and go that our kids did not go […]

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The Worst Kind of Diabetes is………

You Have a Job to do. Diabetes Awareness month is November.  We’re not going to wait.   Too many are getting it wrong now, today.  Do something today that could have an impact on Diabetes Awareness Month for 2012.  Ready? The worst form of diabetes…….is getting it wrong.   Find a newspaper in your area and either […]