If I Don’t Win It, I Want You To

“In celebration of World Diabetes Day, and in honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, ASweetLife has teamed up with Le Creuset, maker of the famed cast-iron cookware, for an incredible giveaway.  Reinforcing  ASweetLife’s commitment to encouraging healthful eating and home cooking, Le Creuset will be giving away two cast iron sets.  One set includes 5 pieces:  3 1/2 […]

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Unexpected Heroes

This is not the green bracelet post I promised. Still working on that. Each year at the Children With Diabetes Friends For Life conference individuals are recognized and awarded a plaque identifying them as Unexpected Heroes. As a conference attendee I am not privy to why or how individuals are chosen. I have great faith […]

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Unexpected Outcomes

Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and apprehension, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints and rumination. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over something unlikely to happen, such as the feeling of imminent death. Anxiety is feeling unrealistic fear, worry, and uneasiness, usually generalized and unfocused. It is often accompanied by restlessness, […]

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Learning, Loving, Laughing & Tears

Our family just spent a week in Orlando at the Children With Diabetes Friends For Life conference. I have so much to share; things I learned, things that made me laugh, things that made me cry, things that made me go hmmm?. Where does one start? I’ve read over a dozen wonderful recaps. Many of […]

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Its Not Time To Blog

I was gonna write. But then this happened. And then this… Apparently my 17 year old best friend wants some attention. She took the above picture BTW as she laid down on my keyboard. (The mess in the background is my family room and guest bedroom piled into my dining room while new flooring happens.) […]

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