Is that the phrase you might have used when your child walks in the door and informs you of their meter reading? In as much as they may or may not comply during the last few hours which made them spike or drop; someone taught me something a long time ago that we try to adhere […]
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I know some very special people. I hate diabetes and everything about it. The journey, though, has allowed us the honor to have crossed paths with some of the most incredible people in the world. People who care. People who give. And quite frankly, people who love. These people understand diabetes. Some volunteer their time. […]
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Do You Need a Liferaft??????
Once upon a time there was a big storm and a man had evacuated to his roof as the waters slowly made their way to surround the house all the way up to the roof level. He cried out, “God help me.” As he waited for an answer a man he did not know was […]
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DISCLAIMER: It Could Kill You!!!
Thefollowing cancauseheadachespainandshouldlongtermeyepaincontinueseeyourdoctorandshouldbackachesandarmachesbeginorcontinueseeyourdoctorforimmediateattention. Got it? Have you ever heard the disclaimers at the end of commercials? When someone who can speak very fast, tells us all the ‘bad’ that taking certain drugs will do to us? Do we even listen anymore? About a month ago I heard a commercial and the ending disclaimer was stated so fast […]
The picture s a Swan. It is a cute ‘thing’, Maria and the others in the housekeeping staff, make with a towel here in Disney, where I am for the Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference. The creation will usually find their way into the window, or it could be a favorite stuffed animal, or even a […]
“It’s a terrible disease…….” The woman was in her eighties for sure. It was a meeting by chance of two strangers who happen to be at the same place at the same time. I was wearing a shirt that gave away that diabetes was in my life. As soon as she said this statement, my […]