My Friend Elli

July 10, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

I have this friend named Elli. She is always there for me. But she is also a real pain. She calls out to me to pay attention to her at the most inconvenient times. She doesn’t complain that I don’t pay attention to her as often as I should but I know she aches for […]

Up Hill Both Ways in the Snow

June 6, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

Up Hill Both Ways in the Snow Yesterday I was driving a 14ft Uhaul truck that I had packed with a good deal of my house (clutter) to the storage unit. The truck was so big I felt like the Lily Tomlin when she did the skits with the big chair – video completely unrelated […]

Mad Hatter

May 27, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.

I will be the Mad Hatter For those that have not read my blog before or were not around when I began my blog earlier this year here is a recap: I have 3 children. 2 of my three children (my oldest and my youngest) have both been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. My youngest […]

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 […]

Good can always be Better

May 16, 2012.Reading time 7 minutes.

Always Room for Improvement Today’s Diabetes Blog Week prompt: We probably all have one thing we could try to do better. Why not make today the day we start working on it. No judgments, no scolding, just sharing one small thing we can improve so the DOC can cheer us on! Like so many of […]