Parents. That would be us. Do you ever feel like there is ‘parenting’ and with that is also ‘parenting and diabetes’? No one gave us a manual or a ‘how to’ book, for either. But it just seems to be that there is a whole chapter (dare I say and entirely different book) when it comes to […]
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What a Horrible Parent!!!!!!
I am such a horrible parent!!! Ever say that? How could I have reacted in such a manner? When Kaitlyn was a little girl, I stated to Jill that I should correct (or lightly discipline) her in front of my son, T.J. so he did not think she was getting all the attention. I waited for the right […]
It’s not my disease. Surely diabetes takes a toll on an entire family but I remember the story that friend shared years ago when our journey was just starting about whose disease it really belonged, and it was an important lesson I never forgot. Let’s call her Kathy. A woman around 38, a beautiful woman […]
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Is your Child a Daily dHero?
Our Kids. Wow the things they do. The things they put up with every day. Whether they have diabetes or they do not have diabetes; the fact that diabetes is in our households makes them live each and every day in a way that no one will understand but us; their parents. The new norm […]