I Shouldn’t Have To Worry About Things Like This

Right now I’m staring at a yellow piece of paper. It’s a sign-up sheet for spring soccer at the local YMCA. No. 1 has already expressed no interest in soccer. No. 2, though, has said she wants to play.
I try not to discourage my children from doing anything, especially anything new. But I just don’t [...]

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Shaping the Future

I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’ve had to create a points-and-reward system for the kids. And I hate that I have to do it.
I am a responsible person and believe that I’ve always been that way. I’m sure there were times in my childhood when I didn’t do what I was supposed to, [...]

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Watch Your Mouth!

I must be getting cynical. I got one of “those” comments on Friday night. Read about it here.

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The Beginning and The End

Yesterday on Blogabetes, I contemplated my mortality. Read A Diabetic Centenarian?
Also yesterday, I looked back on my first month as a pumper. Read Reflections on a Month of Pumping.

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Write On

It may be trite, but sometimes you have to take a step back in order to take a step forward. Often, though, that “backward step” isn’t even backward, just a different kind of new start.
OK, I’m being horribly vague, so I’ll explain. As a writer and editor, I am always on the hunt for freelance [...]

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A Fresh Perspective

As a writer, I can focus well on one subject. But I can’t always write about the same thing in two different ways for two different places. That’s the struggle I found myself in when I started writing for Blogabetes. All my diabetes-related writing energy went there. I wanted my readers to read what was [...]

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