Category: Strength
The Tip of The Iceberg
We recently celebrated Sugarboy’s 6th diaversary (anniversary of the day he was diagnosed with diabetes). Why do we celebrate such a thing? We celebrate life. Sugarboy was in DKA at diagnosis (diabetes ketoacidosis – very serious and dangerous – life threatening actually). We spent 5 nights in the hospital getting Sugarboy better and learning how […]
Read MoreA New Year, A New State, A New State of Mind
Today is January 1st of 2013. The year 2012 is a blur of emotional and financial costs and rewards. Moving did a number on me and my family but the rewards will likely be ten fold as we continue to settle into our new lives in California. The friends and memories of Texas will forever […]
Read MoreMay The Force Be With You
I’m a Dmom. I have two kiddos with Type 1 Diabetes. My job as a Dmom includes any number of things that are normally done by a person’s pancreas but the thing I want to share about today is night-time blood sugar checks. Im not going to suggest that all Dparents need to be doing […]
Read More“No You Silly Old Bear”
Day 2 of National Health Blog Post Month Click HERE to start writing your 30 Posts Today’s prompt – Find a quote and use it as inspiration. (Ok I admit it is the alternate prompt – the other is ‘the weirdest thing about our health’. Honestly – I stopped trying to figure out the rhyme […]
Read More


