My youngest daughter, Skye, hates spinach . . . I absolutely love it. Skye loves raw carrots . . . I can’t stand them (cooked are great, though). My oldest son, Michael, is a very outgoing extrovert, while my second oldest son, Brendan, is intensely introverted (we have to pry his mouth open and force […]
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I want to preface this post by saying that I have the highest regard and the upmost respect for our doctors. They show a remarkable dedication to their discipline while facing a mountain of stresses and strains that most outside the medical community never know about. I have a lot of doctors in my family, […]
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There was a time in my life when I really identified with and endorsed the well-known Nike slogan, “Just Do It.” I mean, it made sense. If there’s something you need to accomplish, stop thinking about it and just do it. It’s a statement of personal empowerment, of taking charge of our destinies. We have […]
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Normally, I write about living with diabetes; today I just want to talk about living. No, I don’t mean the breathing, eating, and watching cable TV part of living. Rather, I want to discuss the slightly more profound part of how the hell we’re living our lives. You see, I truly believe that living a […]
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In my teenage years, if I tripped over my own tongue and uttered something that was thoughtless, I was often issued a sharp rebuke by my mother, telling me to think before I opened my mouth. Now as an adult, I’d like to think that I’ve brought my tongue under better control, but I haven’t. […]
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