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A Reminder How Fortunate We are that Our Children are living with Diabetes

There are so many roads that I  have traveled in this diabetes journey.  As I reach various milestones in my life I always try to take the time, even for just a moment, to reflect about those who are not so fortunate.  The reason I bring this up is because sometimes we feel the need to […]

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Having Diabetes Makes One Disabled…Right?….Ummmmm ?????????

Being called ‘disabled’.  It’s surely a two-edged sword.  If our child with diabetes is suffering from a severe low during a State Exam, we would make sure that they were given their due and allowed to treat the low and go back to the test without losing any time……correct? They are allowed to do that […]

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We Have No Time To Waste.

Yesterday was my son’s bachelor party.  It was a great amount of fun but it started out completely wrong and there was a lesson to take away.  The plan was for a group of friends to hire a fishing charter and spend the day out on the waters of Long Island and enjoy the day.  The […]

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GO GET YOUR CHILD RIGHT NOW AND SHOW THIS TO THEM!!!!!

To anyone who has a child with diabetes that thinks they cannot make it in this world; that there are many things they cannot do, that diabetes will just hold them back…………just click the link below and enjoy watching what someone with diabetes can do……..in this young man’s life, diabetes stops him FROM NOTHING……..Period!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhdUwvcXwZE (EDITOR’S NOTE—ORIGINAL VIDEO […]

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A Sunset to Relax My Mind at a Place Called Hofstra………Where Do You Go?

On the campus of Hofstra University stands six dormitories.  When I attended Hofstra they were identified with very unique and specific identities.  There was Tower A, B,C,D,E, and F.  I am happy to say that since I attended they have been given actual names. College is not easy.  WAS not easy and still is not easy today. When yesterday […]

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A 9/11 Memory Just Sent to Me…..12 Years Later….My Hands are Shaking!

On this, a special and incredible day of remembrance. After I wrote about it and it was sent to everyone this morning.   After working so hard over the years to push down so much of what I saw; to work so hard to place things in compartments in my mind and in my memory………this absolutely comes from the OMG […]