DiabetesDadWho influenced you in your life? Who had a lasting impression that you can point to and say, “THAT person made a difference” ? In many, many cases–different and outside of a family member, it was a teacher. Someone who took the time. Someone who showed they cared. Where I grew up, in Hempstead, Long […]
Whether ‘virtual’ or being right next to someone and receiving it, there is truly nothing like a hug. Hugs are the perfect way to soothe an aching heart or allow someone to know just how much you care about them at a given moment. If you have not seen someone in a long time, meeting them […]
The decision-making process, dealing with diabetes, has so many factors leading us to a conclusion. The question we must continue to ask ourselves is what decisions are being made based upon good sound judgment and what decisions are being made base on absolute fear? Being cautious is different from being fearful and I think it’s […]
There are so many people who interact with people with diabetes. They have friends, relatives, and at some point a boyfriend and/or girlfriend. I have always found myself looking to see what the people around my kids do, regarding their diabetes. Will it be that the role of us, “the diabetes police’” is something that […]
I was thrilled to hear John Lasseter discuss how his son’s life with diabetes was an influence on a character (Elsa) in his smash film, Frozen. I have, for over 20 years, called T1 Diabetes, the Snowflake Disease. And for some reason, the two now ‘just seem correctly connected’. My term, Snowflake Disease has always been […]
I had this thought (that surprise you?). For the last few months I have watched as Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho, Miss America-top-online-vote-getter; as she shouted from the mountain tops about having diabetes while she competed for the Miss America crown. Took a lot of guts to do that, didn’t it? Not easy to go out […]