Don’t Mind My Voice

December 17, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

This year brought huge changes in my life – in my families lives. The biggest change for our family was a move across the country from Texas to California. For me the biggest change was becoming part of a larger community. Not a community connected by streets, courts, high school football games and the local […]

I Don’t Want to Know His Name

December 14, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

This morning I woke up early. I drank coffee. Reviewed my kids homework – may have even circled some spelling errors for them to fix. Around 6:45am California Time I woke up my kids, asked them to get dressed and made breakfast. Just 15 minutes early 3000 miles away gun shots were heard in an […]

Are you a Solostar

December 9, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

I received an email from a casting director in New York that has been hired to find real people living with Type 2 diabetes who currently use Lantus as part of their daily diabetes management. I have had the great pleasure of getting to know many people in the Diabetes Online community living well with […]

Not You Too

December 6, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Checking out of the grocery store today the cashier commented on the 6 packages of juice boxes I had, asking if they were for a school party. I don’t normally volunteer Diabetes information – wait yes I do. Anyway I replied that I had two kids with Type 1 Diabetes and juice is medicine in […]

How Many Carbs in Sugar Coating?

December 5, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

Diabetes sucks but so does tripping yet it’s hilarious when someone trips (without being injured) and someone else asks “How was your trip?” Sometimes Diabetes plays nice, other days not so much. Somedays I want to scream, cry, punch things (basically throw a temper tantrum). Then there are these moments, brought to you by my […]