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Hey, Moms of Kids with Diabetes—Olympic Moms have nothing Over You…..Take a Bow.

Olympic parents.  Specifically Olympic moms.  Ever see them in the stands?  Close-up, upon close-up, of the moms who know everything their child sacrificed and diligently worked at to be in the Olympics.  Proctor and Gamble even did a commercial about Olympic moms. Yeah, so what. Actually I don’t mean to belittle those moms and in […]

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The Olympic Flame is Out…….Random Thoughts of Diabetes During the Olympics…..Am I Alone in This?

Do you find yourself looking at things differently than so many others.  Do you somehow take diabetes and place it in a realm that it might not so necessarily be reflected? Now that the Olympics have ended, here are some things that I thought to myself as I watched.  Now they may not make sense as […]

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To Our Kids: Olympian Kris Freeman is Gold Whether He is on the Podium or Not

It was the 2010 Olympics and US Cross Country Skier, Kris Freeman, was just seconds from the lead and his blood sugar began to plummet, Kris did all he could to even stay in the race, much less take over the lead.  But he did not give up. The world of competitive sports is gruelling on any […]

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Another Video to Help Your Kids (and You) Realize; Limitation is Only in the Mind. Watch it Together.

This is not a rock’em sock’em story.  This is a real story with a real message.  It’s a story of struggles.  It’s a story of perseverance.  It’s a story of diabetes.  It’s the story of a young man who had a dream. You may have heard his name before, but you have never seen him unless you […]

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No D**bet*s Blog Day—Two Videos to Watch and Feel Good.

In Honor of a Blog where I cannot mention the “D” word; I decided to give you some videos that have made me feel good.   The first one is from Singing in the Rain and so taxing was this number on Donald O’Connor that he missed his next scheduled film and the role was given to Danny […]