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 […]

Not The One Where I Get Philosophical

August 6, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

I have a half-dozen drafts started regarding all kinds of crazy. Including the ‘green bracelet post’, one called ‘You Have my Sword’ regarding the DOC, and one about the theory of probability (where I get all philosophical). But this post is easy so I am posting now. Each year our family takes part in the […]

Sharing Is Fun, It’s What We Like To Do

April 4, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

Today is Day 4 of the Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Today’s challenge: Create a “care page” – a list of your best resources that someone who is newly diagnosed could go to when starting to advocate for themselves or a loved one. Have I mentioned how incredibly disorganized I am? Being so disorganized is […]

California for Bust

August 6, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

Technology is an awesome thing. Social networking sites keep us connected, informed, and entertained. Technology is also addictive and having been mostly unable to get connected for the last week has been causing me major withdrawals. There should be a 12 step program for this addiction. We left TX on the 3rd of Aug. I […]

Goodbye Pink

June 26, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

Leaving a community, city, state that I have been apart of for nearly 13 years has been had to think about. Thus I have not thought about it. Sure I put my house together, listed it with an agent, accepted an offer, scheduled movers, and are making the small repairs the inspection identified. However I […]