The Remembering

May 15, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

Diabetes Blog Week – Day 3 From Karen’s blog (creator of diabetes blog week) Bitter Sweet > Our topic for today is What Brings Me Down. May is Mental Health Month so now seems like a great time to explore the emotional side of living with, or caring for someone with, diabetes. What things can […]

Conversations With Strangers

May 15, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

Diabetes Blog Week – Day Two – A Poem. Conversations With Strangers Can they eat that? Yes they can. Is that some sort of Mp3 player? No, its his pancreas. Doesn’t that hurt them? Sometimes. I bet they get used to it. Sometimes. Will they grow out of it? No. But they’re not fat. It’s not […]

I advocate Therefore I Am

February 7, 2014.Reading time 11 minutes.

Warning – this post is 1270+ words. normally I would toss in some random cat pics but honestly I don’t want to take away from the message. I thought about changing the font randomly but that just seemed silly. Its wordy but in my very humble opinion worth it. Who is an advocate? : a […]

If Only They Could See Me

January 25, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

…through my eyes. So there is a saying that I say to my kids (especially my daughter) often. “I wish you could see yourself through my eyes” I tell them this because I see them as strong, smart, brave, beautiful kids with amazing souls. Now granted they can be little hellions too, but […]

There Are No Strangers In The D World

January 19, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Monday I discovered my little dog had a terrible infection on one of his rear legs. Required emergency surgery to remove dead and infected tissue. On Tuesday I needed to have Sugarboy in Palo Alto to start the second part of the study he is participating in. On Wednesday the kids and I were leaving […]