Monthly Archives: May 2011

A Message From Al Gardner

 Last week, my friend and co-host Al Gardner had surgery for prostate cancer.  He was diagnosed last fall, but chose to keep his fight mostly private until recently.  You can read more about Al's story in his blog here.  This isn't my journey to share.  I'm writing about it here because Al was kind enough…

Fashion Fun

Great time at last week's Tommy Bahama Fashion Show to benefit JDRF.  I'm always nervous to take part in events like this – especially when there are professional models in the group! But we have fun and if it helps raise money for diabetes, no question I'm happy to help. Here's a look just before we…

Not-So-Perfect Timing

Benny's used an insulin pump for almost four years. We love it, but every once in a while there's a hiccup.  Sometimes it's the pump and sometimes it's, um, operator error. Our most recent trouble came when Benny's teacher called and said the battery had fallen out.    Slade fixed it up ("I MacGyvered it with some gaffer's…