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D-Blog Week: Admiring Our Differences

By AmyT on May 9, 2011

So you haven’t heard of D-Blog Week? Created last May by Karen from Bittersweet Diabetes, D-Blog Week is a week-long challenge to reflect and respond to a series of prompts as a whole community. This year, there are already over 100 bloggers joining in! Amy and I will be contributing our thoughts here at the ‘Mine all this week, and we’re so excited to be a part of this community effort. The DOC rocks! How…

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Snappy Comebacks for Parents of Diabetic Kids (Or…)

By AmyT on January 7, 2011

We’ve all heard them at one time or another — those insensitive comments that just make you cringe. But what do you say back? We might wish we could share the snarky comeback on the tip of our tongues, but that isn’t always a good idea, especially if this is someone you’ll have to see again (a family member, friend, etc.).  A few weeks ago, D-mom blogger Joanne was inspired by a “D-wit” post from…

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