I always found it hard to keep my tongue in places when someone else thought they had a ‘better way’ to handle our children and their diabetes. I’m all for helpful hints and even encouragement, but telling me what to do??????…….that was a no-no. And rarely, if ever, did we stand for it. I’m not […]
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We see it all the time. Either something happens, or a child is newly diagnosed, and the search for a celebrity is sought to help the child know that they can do anything with diabetes. Sometimes it’s new…..sometimes a reminder is needed. Celebrities are fabulous and it is great they share their stories. But I […]
Dear Parents, It’s me, your child’s school. I know that may seem weird, I mean I’m not the principal nor a teacher, and surely not the school nurse…….I’m just a building; what do I have to say of any importance….right? But I do. First of all, your child looked great for the first day. Really. […]
Arguments. Conflicts. Whether with your spouse, your child, between siblings, and any other combination in between. If you have a dollar to bet, you can bet that a conflict will arise in your home in the not-to-distant future. When these incidents occur, it is no so easy to switch gears and go from heated discussion […]
I am informed that our friends at Aubrey’s Army website has a link posted to the John Lasseter video from last night’s television show on ABC; The Story of Frozen; Making a Disney Animated Classic. On the video, Mr. Lasseter speaks of Frozen’s character of Elsa and how she, in some ways, parallels the life of […]
How many times have things happened where we said, “…if only….”? If they were only a few minutes earlier or a few minutes later, the catastrophe would have been avoided? “If Only”. A while back I started noticing how many times, “if only in our favor”. How many times we have the story end in […]