Vocab quiz: what word needs to be stricken from D-world use? It starts with C and ends with negativity …

Let’s start something here. I hope you’ll read this and then in the comments share your amazing T1D accomplishment — or share a “Cant” you want to change to “Can and Will” for yourself or your loved one with T1D. … Continue reading Vocab quiz: what word needs to be stricken from D-world use? It starts with C and ends with negativity …

What I Learned in my JDRF Ride Training, Part 3: The one where I bonk and cry and then regroup (just like life!)

Some people need to be smacked on the head. Over and over and over. Before they get it. Count me as one of them. As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’ve been training hard to do the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes since, oh, late April. When I started, I’d not been on a bike in about 25 years. The first day I rode I only did about four miles and then told a cyclist friend I was wheezing and worried I “had allergies.” She ROFLOL’ed at me and said, “That’s not called allergies, Moira. That’s called not being … Continue reading What I Learned in my JDRF Ride Training, Part 3: The one where I bonk and cry and then regroup (just like life!)

Quick hit: some great coverage for my Ride to Cure Effort

Thank you, Gatehouse Media! Today on their website I’m the lead story — and in print it’s a giant half page. Read it here. And if you are feeling in the giving mood today, click on the link I’ll provide after the story link and send a little something to my JDRF Ride to Cure effort. Here’s the story: http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/features/x1120196755/MAKING-A-DIFFERENCE-Local-writer-will-bike-through-Death-Valley-to-raise-money-for-diabetes-research#axzz1uHYxyLz2 And here’s a link to donate to me. Remember, ANY amount is celebrated in a crazy, awesome way.   http://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR/Ride/JDRFNationalRides?px=1267496&pg=personal&fr_id=1763 Continue reading Quick hit: some great coverage for my Ride to Cure Effort