Riding On Insulin and the joy of setting kids with D free
A note to friends and family and readers in general who have been to ROI — I hope you add your thoughts to the comment section so more folks can learn all about ROI! Okay this is going to sound so very...
View ArticleDiabetes Blog Week Day Three: What I Need to Do Better: Make a Difference
Well, I’m late to the game but I’m here, ready to take part in the third annual Diabetes Blog Week, created and coordinated by Karen at bittersweetdiabetes.com. Each day Karen gives us a prompt to...
View ArticleHey D Families: It’s time for a Diabetes Vacation for the Caretakers. No...
There’s something I say often, and I truly believe it: I can never take time off from continuing to work toward a better life and a cure for diabetes, because – put simply – my daughter never gets a...
View ArticleFriends for Life Recap: Why it works so well
What follows is my attempt to explain what’s great about CWD’s Friends for Life Orlando. There is so much that happens there. If you were there and feel I missed something, please add it in the...
View ArticleA Happy Birthday Message to my Daughter With D: What I’ve learned from you
A note to my readers: Lauren turned 21 on Sept. 2. She is off Facebook for a month because of a leadership role she has taken on in her sorority. So she’s not getting all that on line facebook love we...
View ArticleWhat I learned in my JDRF Ride to Cure Training, Part 4: (The one where good...
I don’t even remember how I found out about it, since I’m new to cycling. I think I may have just been google searching to find supported rides in the greater Boston area. In any case, this past Sunday...
View ArticleI Held Hope In My Hands (The one were my daughter raises her hand and says...
Since Lauren was diagnosed way back in October of 1997, I’ve insisted we do two things consistently: not let diabetes steal our joy in life, and focus on “visualizing hope.” The first one has been a...
View ArticleCWD Friends for Life 2013: My own personal take-aways (the one with...
If you are anywhere on the internets where the Type 1 diabetes community lives, you heard of Friends for Life this past week. If you weren’t you need to listen up. Because really, Diabetes Mom Stacey...
View ArticleGuest post from my now adult daughter: A letter to her teenage self
My daughter Lauren, so often the topic of this blog (and the reason for it) graduated college in May and is working at a really incredible company called HCM Strategists in Washington, DC. She is...
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