Stacey Simms is an award-winning medical reporter. She also spent 10 years as a TV anchor in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in Syracuse and Utica, New York. But after getting to know her a little, I’d venture to guess her most challenging role in life has been as the mother of a very small child diagnosed with diabetes. (Check out her blog here.)
As a complement to this week’s guest post on parenting tweens and…
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Another edition of our series on “Small But Mighty” companies launched to solve some diabetes-related problem by individuals walking in our D-shoes…
Ever looked in your fridge and thought “I have absolutely nothing to feed my family!”? Kimberly Coen sympathizes. As a mom of two girls (including one with diabetes), she discovered the challenges in figuring out healthy, yet kid-friendly, meals to serve her family on a daily basis. Planning healthy meals is hard work…
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In light of my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah this past weekend (!), I’ve been thinking a lot about setting our children “afloat” — out on their own, responsible for their own actions and the consequences thereof. It’s scary, and mine don’t even have diabetes. Today my good friend Allison Blass joins us again to discuss some of these issues, and share some of the wisdom she’s gained from personal experience.
A Guest Post by Allison Blass…
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I was going to wish you all “Happy” Memorial Day, but I don’t think that’s protocol.
Anyway, bloggers get the day off too — especially after all that Bat Mitzvah action. (It was wonderful! Such nachas!)
This seemed like a great day to re-visit this dLife success story of an Army Sergeant on active duty who was diagnosed with diabetes:
Being a soldier with diabetes ain’t easy, but it can be done.
Meanwhile, the authorities…
Community voting closes tonight at 6pm Pacific for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Don’t miss your chance to weigh in on this year’s amazing diabetes innovations. Click HERE to vote!
Then what happens? We will tally the votes, and determine our Top 10 finalists. Our full team of judges will have two weeks to carefully review these submissions and make their determinations. (Your votes will tell us who won the Kids and Most Creative categories,…