Nothing like sitting down to a fresh screen, staring at a blinking cursor. They still call it a cursor, don’t they? I’ve been trying to sit down to write for days. My brain is forever multitasking and fresh ideas pop in there constantly, and I swear I’ll try to remember them before they get lost … Continue reading Easy Like Tuesday Morning (and other tales of corruption)

I already wrote about the support group debacle that rivaled the Paris attacks in stealing World Diabetes Day out from under us, so no need to rehash. Still, it’s troubling that those of us who are supposed to be united in this disease can possibly become warring factions. How the attacks on personal integrity and … Continue reading The Final Hours – Continued

The final hours of Diabetes Awareness Month… I wanted to reflect on the past month, but was busy keeping vigil over my sleeping daughter last night. Yesterday started like any other Monday – wake up before dawn, shower and put on a clean pair of my favorite jeans (remember this, it’s important), get two kids … Continue reading The Final Hours

*Post has been updated due to absurd threats made against me by an admin of this support group for libel and defamation. It is important to note that libel is the making of a false statement about someone and defamation is the making of a false statement with the intent to harm another's reputation - … Continue reading Bye Felicia *Updated

Did a whole bunch of writing. I began one morning feeling royally peeved over that drama and wrote another post about it. Inspired by NaNoWriMo (look it up, people), I did some writing for my “novel.” I also pm’d another admin for the group respectfully asking that my daughter’s photo be removed from their videos … Continue reading What I Did While I Was Gone

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