Nov. 9th 2009 – Family-Centered Snapshots

Outside: A beautiful Indian summer day is upon us!  Leaves are everywhere (and men with leaf blowers –oh my ears!)  We walked up to the diabetes center for A1c’s this morning and little Maria tagged along for fun.  They have a really cool solar system poster in the room where we do blood work and Matthew had quite the time playing the older and knowledgeable big brother to little Miss Maria.  He didn’t...

Type 1 Diabetes sidebar update

It seems like every few weeks or so I get an e-mail from someone whose own child or the child of someone close to them, has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  Those e-mails always make my heart sink as I know so well what such a diagnosis means. It occurred to me today that I should include a Type 1 Diabetes category in my sidebar and so I have.  It’s on the right under the other links.  It...

Tuesday minutia

I started a Daybook post yesterday but didn’t get it finished. I tried to edit and post it today but it won’t let me –it keeps going to a blank screen. No idea why so I am posting this instead. Life’s been busy. Well it’s always busy but with RCIA and Easter it’s been busier than usual. The planners are selling well and that keeps me busy too –of course that’s a good thing! I am...

Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ Dec. 22, 2008

FOR TODAY . . . Outside my window. . . it’s currently 11º F with a windchill of -2!  What a difference a week makes. I am thinking. . . about the day ahead —what needs done and what can be left undone.  We’re in the 4th week of Advent on the countdown to Christmastide. I am thankful for. . . dh discovering that the water heater may still be under warranty.  It broke Thursday evening (right...

Diabetes –how you live

As part of my ongoing effort to educate my friends and family about type 1 diabetes I am offering yet another installment. How exactly do you live with this disease? For my children life means a diet that is monitored and 4 shots of insulin a day plus 8 – 10 finger sticks for blood glucose checks. By a monitored diet I mean that they cannot simply eat whatever they want, whenever they want.  Unless that is,...