Where Did Everyone Go?

June 3, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I started blogging in 2011, although I don’t think my earliest posts are still around. The first place I blogged was on ‘blogspot’, not sure that is even still around. I blogged regularly for a couple years, and then less regularly but still a few times in a month for a couple years, and then […]

Not A Hero

November 30, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Please don’t call me a hero. Yes I have 3 children with diabetes. That doesn’t make me a hero. It makes me a mom with extra duties. I recently joined two groups on Facebook. One for users of Dexcom G5, the other for users of Tandem insulin pumps. When I’ve commented on a couple different […]

Primum Non Nocere

May 18, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we embark into the realm of social media we leave ourselves vulnerable to the harbingers of doom as well as to other more sinister types of people. Harbingers are not to be confused with trolls – folks who intentionally set out to cause disruption and chaos. Harbingers are not charlatans – folks who claim […]

Wherever You Go, There You Are

July 2, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Hi my name is Tina and I have been a Dmom for over 7 years. My last cry was Saturday. Diabetes meet-ups are wonderful. While I have never been part of a 12 step program I have seen meetings in movies. I imagine those who attend such meetings feel a similar longing for understanding and […]

Roses are Red Violets are Blue You can Save a Child Too

February 4, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Last year some very wise and humble members of the Diabetes Online Community (Kerri Sparling, Bennet Dunlap, Kelly Close, Manny Hernandez, Adam Brown, and Jeff Hitchcock) started something. It is called Spare a Rose, Save a Child. The campaign runs Feb 10th to Feb 16th and helps support the Life of a Child program sponsored by the […]