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05/12/2016 12:24

Sure, ho! ho! ho!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-ly shit it is almost Christmas.  Not to sound too Grinch-like however to be totally real, sure, are parts of Christmas that I would love to keep from coming.   Are you coming up to the point where you look at the list of Norman Rockwell type items on your Christmas to...

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21/11/2016 10:30

No,no,no,no...

What do you love best about yourself?  Is there also something that you feel is a work in progress within yourself?  Are you beating yourself up over having that work in progress?  Do you sometimes find that there are some activities that seem so easy for other people to do & yet...

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07/11/2016 01:55

It was 9 when the Shit Hit the Fan!

 November is officially worldwide diabetes awareness month each year.  Man, those of us living with diabetes though are aware of this disease every minute of every day whether we are awake or sleeping.  Diabetes takes no prisoners so to speak.  That is what I already knew...

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17/10/2016 11:05

Face-Off!

Have you found yourself in countless situations that are just natural progressions of either proactively or reactively trying to get someone else’s or your own needs met?  It can at times feel like we are firefighters of sorts fighting a huge forest fire where we get one fire put out &...

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19/09/2016 01:41

Playing By the Rules

Have you ever felt like your voice is just being heard by some people as though it is the teacher’s voice from the famous “Peanuts” cartoon?  If you have tried to advocate, educate, explain countless times about the experiences we share while dealing with the ups and downs of blood sugars then...

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29/08/2016 01:13

Because I don't want to be a Doppio

As a fun disclosure I would like to share with you that I am doing something that I have not done before.  No, it is not skydiving or zip lining or anything adventurous like that.  Instead I am out of necessity (or poor planning on my part) writing without a single drop of coffee in my...

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08/08/2016 01:56

Random Fun, Funnies, Rascal Observations

Do we take life on in a haphazard kind of way or as a created purpose?  If we admit to being human then maybe just maybe it is a little of one and a lot of the other.     The last few weeks I decided with abundant tenacity to create, observe, grab and appreciate any and all levity...

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18/07/2016 12:32

Gone is the Blissful Ignorance (Again)

The past 10 months have been far from a picnic in the park.  We all go through struggles & when we reach out in support, encouragement & genuine care it makes a huge difference in my experience.  If I could choose 2 themes for the thoughts flooding my brain over the past number of...

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11/07/2016 15:13

Wobbly & Unsteady Footing

“Change is never easy.  You fight to hang on.  You fight to let go.”  (Susan Ford-Whitten)  Change can be both exhilarating & scary.   Perhaps it depends upon the transition itself, our personality style or the point in our lives that it comes about.  It may...

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04/07/2016 12:58

"C" is for Caffeine

Let’s journey back in time just a tad briefly.  A number of us will remember the loveable puppets from Sesame Street.  Each character seemed to have a composition of a specific personality style.  The budding little social scientist in me recognized the variety of personalities being...

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