Tag: #DSMA

Fasten your seatbelt. With the exception of taking off and landing, these words illuminated on a flight can begin the meter on anyone’s stress level. The implication is that there are turbulence, or some rough weather ahead. “Get ready; for your safety–buckle up.” In life; we do not always get those warnings, do we? We […]

PENNY:……well as a waitress, sales was a big part of my job……and believe me I convinced a lot of very large customers who should not be eating cheese cake to have more cheese cake….and…. (giggle)…… one of those ‘chubbsters’ had an insulin pump. <Pause> <Pause> Man: I have an insulin pump……. To be clear, I’m […]

If you are any type of sports fan, this was a once in a lifetime weekend.  If you are a mom, you know the feeling all too well.  Derek Jeter’s retirement from baseball closes a chapter of a once-in-a-lifetime player.  One our grandchildren will ask about.  During all of the fanfare, since last Thursday’s storybook […]

It is almost to the minute that my beeper went off 22 years ago.  On the screen were three numbers 9-1-1; something was very wrong at home.  Our ‘code’ had been implemented.  When created we, of course, thought it would never be needed, but there we were and the result would change our lives forever. […]

So by now school is very much underway.  Kinks should be worked out and everything is going as smooth as glass……right?  We can only hope. I saw a mom asking for advice on an issue that happened in school and one response stated that she should ‘march right down’ to the school and demand to […]

Who 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 […]