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…
Great to see Linda Matney featured in The Charlotte Observer this weekend. I first talked to her about 3 years ago when she asked if I would contribute to a book she was writing. Imagining Heaven was to be a collection of ideas and stories from dozens of contributors from all walks of life. Matney's husband…
Every year, parents at our elementary school pitch in to make the teachers a take-home dinner. It's a big deal, but usually by the time I respond, the sign-up sheet's full. You know how the mommy guilty goes, so this time I was ready. When the request from my daughter's class mom came through on a Sunday morning, I…
How is it possible that this summer will mark 4 years on an insulin pump for Benny? He started on July 4th, 2007 – six months after diagnosis. He was only two and a half and I couldn't imagine he'd keep this new, weird thing on. It all worked out beautifully; he only threw it across…
Fun pictures of the doggie fashion show in our local paper this week. Click here to see the entire slideshow. See how closely I'm holding Pickles? You can read this post to find out why!
Never work with children or animals, right? I knew to expect the unexpected at the Charlotte Humane Society's Runway for the Rescues presentation at Neiman Marcus. High fashion and rescue dogs – what could go wrong?! It turned out to be a ton of fun. Meet Pickles, my runway partner. What a cutie-pie, right? She's also quite an escape artist.…
The 6th birthday party is the one parents around here have somehow agreed we'll start dropping the kiddos off. Unless the invite says Please Stay With Your Child, we just don't. The kids are getting used to their independence, and if something goes wrong, we're a phone call away. Not so simple for children with diabetes, though. Do I stay or…
I've spent 12 of the last 15 years getting up at 3am for work. I also have two young children. My husband has asked me to refrain from the comment, "I'm tired." At this point, it's like saying, "I'm breathing." I'm really starting to get concerned about my six year old son, though. He's just…
This past Sunday was JDRF Day with the Charlotte Checkers hockey team. They call it Family Fun Day, but after we saw a bunch of his summer buddies, Benny decided it should be called Checkers Diabetes Camp. This is the event where we saw our first insulin pumps in action. I remember sitting on the floor of the arena four years ago…
I don't worry so much about junk food. If you eat right most of the time, you can treat yourself to dessert, a bag of chips or something deliciously fried every now and then. You know what you're getting and you work it in. What makes me crazy is sneaky junk food. The ad campaigns and companies that try to disguise not-so-good stuff as…