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I have finally found some light...
Josey, my little girl, is the bravest little person I know and she deserved a family (a mother) that was going to be equally as brave and committed to LIVING. Read More »
This Could Be Any Of You
Living with type 1 in our lives hour-to-hour, meal-to-meal, activity-to-activity, blood glucose level-to-blood glucose level is difficult enough. It demands a "never-ending-ness" that many cannot wrap their cerebral gray matter around. Read More »
The Diabetes Apple Doesn't Fall From the Tree
When I was diagnosed with diabetes, my entire family really was diagnosed, too. Read More »
The Diagnosis
That moment is imprinted in my brain: the day, year, hour and minute of Johanna's diagnosis 5 years ago today. Read More »
Making Connections
Sherry is our guest blogger. Here's a little bit about her:
I have two wonderful little girls who amaze,fascinate, delight and frustrate me daily. Before I became a mom I was a full time registered nurse. Life is going by at lightening speed. I'm just trying my utmost to take it all in, do the best I can, learn what I'm meant to learn and give my girls the very best start I possibly can. Diabetes was thrown at us on June 9th, 2008 when my 2 year old baby, Jenna was diagnosed. Read More »
I have two wonderful little girls who amaze,fascinate, delight and frustrate me daily. Before I became a mom I was a full time registered nurse. Life is going by at lightening speed. I'm just trying my utmost to take it all in, do the best I can, learn what I'm meant to learn and give my girls the very best start I possibly can. Diabetes was thrown at us on June 9th, 2008 when my 2 year old baby, Jenna was diagnosed. Read More »
"Type 1 and Type 2 are basically the same thing..., Right?"
We have two nine year olds with Type 1. JoJo was diagnosed at four and Nick was 6. You would think that's plenty of time for extended family members to understand or even educate themselves. Years later that just isn't the case. But I have all of you--we're in this together. Read More »
Three Glucose Test Strips A Day?
Imagine this: You and your family live in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn or a split-level ranch in Buffalo. It could be anywhere in the United States. Your child has just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, but the local hospital lacks the necessary supplies and personnel to stabilize him or her. Read More »
Not Sweating the Small Stuff as a Parent of a Child with Type 1 Diabetes in the Year 2010
It's time for that old familiar drill, listing our New Year's Resolutions: Clean the storage room, lose ten pounds, write the book, spend more time with family and friends, spend less time with family and friends, and lower our kids HbA1c's by ten percent. Read More »
My Sister, One Summer Day
Here's a short school paper Naomi wrote about her younger sister Johanna. Naomi doesn't have type 1 diabetes, but as we all know her life is greatly affected by her sister's disease. Read More »
I’m Natalie. I’m a mom of three kids, two with type 1 diabetes. As you know, parenting children with type 1 diabetes is a journey of long nights, lots of work, and seldom much support. There’s not much I can do about your long nights, but I hope our website and blogs offer you some support. I look forward to blogging with you.