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An Airport Diabetes Disaster….I was Scared….DO They REALLY ‘Got This’?

Good Morning, Dad here. Again.  🙂 I was on my way home yesterday and as I was in the airport I noticed a commotion going on.  As you know, I’m not really a ‘gawker’, and there was surely enough first responders on the scene that any help I might have provided was not needed.  But […]

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Why Does it Still Hurt So Much After SO MANY Years???

September 26th, 1992 was a long time ago.  So was March 20th, 2009.  These dates are burned in my head when the youngest two of our three kids were diagnosed.  You know your dates too.  It wasn’t fair then……and it has not become any fairer over the years….in fact, the complete opposite. I consider myself […]

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A President Shot: A Defining Moment…a D-Mom/D-Dad: When was Yours?

The picture on the left is the day, in fact the moment, that President Reagan was shot in 1981.  The picture on the right was taken by me yesterday.  With the exception of the flowers that have been added, the area outside the hotel is about the same.  If the walls could talk. This spot represents a […]

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Is There a Great DIABETES Divide with Us and the World Around Us???

Do you ever feel like there is a ‘great divide’ between those of us in the diabetes community and the rest of the world?   It’s not just a matter that there is much misunderstanding, there is this kind of ‘hill’, or maybe ‘mountain’, that we cannot seem to get over for the world to understand […]

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In the Mirror; What your Child Sees……..Is Up to YOU!!!!!!!

There is a video that just started making the rounds online.  It was created by the people of Dove.  In a few places around the world, they built two doorways.  They both are clearly marked; one-beautiful, two-average.  The exercise was done to show what people think of themselves.  The majority of the people went through […]

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Diabetes Shark Tank—–An Idea Whose Time has Come…..Yes?

To say I am a huge fan of the TV show Shark Tank would be an understatement.  At this point, in my watching, I usually can tell who is going to be ‘eaten alive’ and who has a shot at getting funding. In case you do not know, Shark Tank consists of 5 people from […]