It’s Walk to Cure Time around here: Our walk story

Thank you for waiting out my elbow surgery. I’m back – even with a right arm I cannot use for five weeks. Okay, read below, share with your walk friends and please, add your walk story to the comments section. I love hearing them!  Our JDRF chapter’s annual Walk to Cure Diabetes is coming up next week. And for the first time in 13 years, we won’t be there. We’ll be celebrating the wedding of a wonderful couple, so we have a good reason for not being there. But I’m going to miss it. And I’m already looking forward to … Continue reading It’s Walk to Cure Time around here: Our walk story

The Battle Cry of the D-Mom: It ain’t easy out here

  I’m really hoping to get some comments going on this one. We moms could use the insight of you kids with diabetes, and the insight of other moms. Go for it! Being a mom is hard work. As Joan in “Mr. Mom” so deftly put it: “It might even be the toughest job in the entire world.  It bends your back, it drives you nuts, and it makes your boobs droop.” And that’s even without diabetes in the mix. Being the mom of a child with diabetes brings it all to a whole new level. We Moms (and I … Continue reading The Battle Cry of the D-Mom: It ain’t easy out here

The D-World: When helping someone else really helps you

A long time ago, I started to notice a funny coincidence. I am lucky enough to have been one of the founding members of the JDRF’s On Line Diabetes Support Team (under the helm of creators Renee, Ardy and Steve). As part of that team, I answer questions people post to the JDRF site; the kind of questions people need answered with compassion, care and speed. So the coincidence I noticed was this: every time it seemed I was feeling down and out or just plain pissed off, I’d get an ODST question assigned to me. And every time I … Continue reading The D-World: When helping someone else really helps you