VATICAN CITY, NOV. 14, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Two statues in St. Peter’s Square will be illuminated with blue lights Friday night to mark World Diabetes Day.
This the first time Vatican City is participating in the world day by illuminating the statues of Sts. Peter and Paul with blue lights, reports L’Osservatore Romano.
World Diabetes Day, initiated in [...]
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November 14, 2008 is World Diabetes Day
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases to affect children. It can strike children of any age, even toddlers and babies. If not detected early enough in a child, the disease can be fatal or result in serious brain damage. Yet diabetes in a child is often [...]
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It’s cold, rainy and dreary here which frankly only makes me want to hibernate and stay in. Unfortunately we need milk so I finally get myself together enough to venture out to the dairy. I figure if I’m going to go out in the rain I should have a cup of coffee to go with [...]
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For Today…
Outside my window… 43 breezy and chilly. But bright and lovely —no complaints. It’s starting to look quite bare out there as leaves are falling by the dozen. The sidewalks look pretty with all the piles of color.
I am thinking… that I don’t know if I have Advent candles for this [...]
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Matthew and Maggie’s blood sugar number right before dinner. Yeah, both of them had the same number within a few minutes of each other, on different meters.
What are the chances? This isn’t the first time either. Wild!
—who clearly didn’t get the AM/PM thing right when she attempted to adjust the meters for daylight savings.
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Rebecca Teti express it so well. I couldn’t agree more.
Is it a great thing, a cathartic thing, a potentially healing thing for the country and for all of our people that we just elected our first African-American President? It is. People in downtown DC last night were singing the Star Spangled Banner spontaneously, in an [...]
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