Today I'm sharing the top four bloggers I currently stalk. Well, I don’t really stalk them, because that’s just too time consuming and plus they all live ridiculously far away from me. Especially Texas – which is really, really big so I’d be driving for like, weeks just to find her town, and even then she … Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Blogs

Todd has many talents (some I cannot share) and this morning he read my fortune.  You’ve heard of people reading tea leaves? Well, prepare to be impressed….this guy can read CoffeeMate.I poured this white powdery non-dairy creamer into my empty coffee mug and asked him if he could “read” it, and tell me how my … Continue reading Reading CoffeeMate

Many of you who know me personally know I am passionate about Type 1 diabetes. The last 2 years have seen me more motivated than ever to take a stand and advocate – to make changes – to do something. I wanted to participate in the legislation that encouraged medical personnel to screen for, and … Continue reading When I’ve Had Enough

Last weekend was Halloween. Like all the other holidays at school, there is always a party or some sort of acknowledgment which often includes the passing around of goody bags by some overachievingwell-meaning mom kid. Ava came home from school on Friday upset about something. Someone handed out goody bags for Halloween and said, “this … Continue reading Yes, She CAN Have That

This is an umbrella title – not meant to offend, but to make the point that Type 1 diabetes is NOTType 2 diabetes. In the early days of Ava’s diabetes, many people I talked to would say, oh! My granddad has that. Or, my whole family has diabetes. (Yes, she really said that.) Others asked … Continue reading Not Your Grandma’s Diabetes

I  planned to post about signs and DKA today, but I read this post on a closed FB group for parents of T1 children, and it brought tears to my eyes. I don't often cry over T1 diabetes, because I have to be strong - for me and for my daughter. It was so beautifully … Continue reading I Want You To Know, But I Don’t – A Guest Post about Type 1

Most people do not understand that not all diabetes is the same. Most people make assumptionsabout diabetes – especially Type Onediabetes – based on their limited knowledge of Type 2 diabetes. First of all, there have always been 3 types of diabetes. In recent years, a 4th type– known as Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults … Continue reading Welcome to Diabetes 101

I was all set to use “Throwback Thursday” and the coming of Halloween to reminisce about Halloween days of old. But then I logged on this morning and found out that today is National CAT Day, and … how could I not tell you about all my pusses? So – I offer up two separate … Continue reading Two For the Price of One

When Ava was diagnosed at age 2, Owen was 6. They say that when a child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes it affects the whole family. That we all will have to adjust to the “new normal.”  Back then, I often worried about how it all affected Owen – between the trauma of the … Continue reading Ramblings, Memories, and a Subliminal PSA

You know that saying, if I didn’t laugh, I’d cry. Sometimes frustration just gets the best of me, and I’ve been feeling like a slow-building implosion about to happen. That’s not today, particularly, ... just an overall sense of being over the last 7 days.I’ve been running kids like an ancillary running water to an … Continue reading A Comedy in Errors