Oh Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say

December 6, 2013.Reading time 14 minutes.

So last night. Wait I should start earlier. (quick warning – when I got to 1356 words I realized how long a post this would be. It is more than 1600 words. If you would like to skip the story and go straight to the moral feel free to scroll down – it’s an important […]

One Size Does NOT Fit All

May 18, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

Diabetes Isn’t a Pants Size Diabetes Blog Week Day 5 Today’s Prompt: Today let’s borrow a topic from a #dsma chat held last September. The tweet asked “What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes?” Let’s do a little advocating and post what we wish people knew about […]

Dream day laced with guilt

April 14, 2012.Reading time 13 minutes.

My Dream Day Would Be Laced With Guilt Day 14 Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Prompt – Describe your ideal day. how would you spend your time? Who would you spend it with? Have you had this day? If not – how could you make it happen? I have struggled with this prompt in my […]

Mommmy gets an F on her report card

February 7, 2012.Reading time 8 minutes.

Worst A1Cs since diagnosis. Yup – it’s true. I suspected due a few recent infusion site failures, missed corrections, and missed meal boluses for both kiddos that we would indeed have higher A1C’s than we did in November. Once you factor in Thanksgiving and Christmas food consumption – time off school resulting in a nearly […]

Juggling Hats

February 4, 2012.Reading time 7 minutes.

Not Enough time in the day or energy in my body. I started this blog because I wanted a place to share my thoughts and feelings regarding all that goes with being a parent of a child with diabetes. The thing is I’m not ONLY a parent of children with diabetes. I am also just […]