Each year, the end of the holiday season brings with it a peculiar mixture of sadness, hope, and relief. Despite the chaotic blur of decorating the tree, hanging lights, writing cards, and trying to create the perfect Christmas for each of my kids, it’s always a bit of a bummer to see it end and […]
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Learning curves . . . In 8th grade Power Mechanics class, I learned the nuts and bolts of gasoline combustion engines. It took almost half of a school year, but by the end I could take apart a 4-stroke Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine, put it back together, and tune it with relative ease. Later, […]
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If I suddenly become irritable on an otherwise normal day, my wife knows that there is a relatively good chance my blood sugar is running low (I mean, what else could impair my extraordinarily pleasant disposition?). She’s quick to point it out to me and get me something sweet, and she’s also quick to forgive. […]
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If you know me, then you know that physical fitness is a crucial part of my diabetes self-management. I may not be able to fix my pancreas, but I can keep the rest of me in good working order, and that helps my A1Cs to stay in shape. I belong to a large gym, and […]
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When I was sixteen, eight years before I developed type 1 diabetes, I purchased a poster of a speech given by Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers. The speech on that poster was titled “What it Takes to be Number One,” and it was Lombardi’s manifesto on winning. It begins with: […]
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