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27/11/2012 09:34

Upside Down & Inside Out Days

If you like spirit days from school days, you probably participated at one time or another in one called “upside down” or “inside out” day.  Essentially, it is when you wear your clothes inside out or backwards & perhaps as a bonus, the day’s order was reversed for the school day. ...

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26/11/2012 08:38

When Your Dog Wants to Drive

This afternoon I enjoyed a speedy trip to the local library.  How cool & convenient it is to be able to simply go on line & request books that you have your eye on be sent to the closest branch geographically.  To be able to speed in & collect the books already set aside...

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25/11/2012 12:16

Hugs or Equations/Hugs & Equations

Thank goodness a million times over for those unsung heroes in our lives that love us on the great days & on the days that are not so good.  It is a blessing that I do not take for granted having a supportive & loving team that are my “365” day unsung heroes.  They see me when I...

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24/11/2012 09:25

When Our Kids Are the Teacher

Have you found that learning always continues in one form or another throughout life?  How cool is it too that our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friend’s children teach us some pretty neat things too. Part of the classroom of life involves determining what is truly...

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23/11/2012 09:16

You Cannot Judge a Man (or Gal) By the Clothes They Wear or the "Puddles"!

If you are like me & countless other folks, a trip to the dentist’s office is something that you look forward to being over with.  Diabetes or no diabetes, taking care of our teeth is the “next right thing to do.”  Here’s the part that may surprise you.  Going to the dental...

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22/11/2012 09:21

Oh & I Will Bring the Dessert!

Happily, I have one qualified Endocrinologist who provides valuable & realistic guidance regarding my management of type 1 diabetes.  Add to that, a team of co-pilots at the Diabetes Centre who provide additional valued guidance.  There seem to be a small group of folks that may...

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21/11/2012 09:07

"Froggy, Your Forgot Your..."

When our second born son, Brian , was in junior kindergarten, he would bring home some of the funniest library books from school.  Brian has always had the best belly laugh & when he has “the giggles” to this day, it is a riot to listen to his laugh!  “Bri Guy” gets this sense of...

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20/11/2012 09:14

Lifting The Fog

Lift That Fog! Yesterday morning as I took our sons to school, there was a heavy fog all about us.  These are some of the days that are pretty cool.  We sometimes pretend that we are in an airplane & that the fog is instead all of us going through the clouds & then visiting a...

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19/11/2012 06:23

Stirring In The Love

19/11/2012 06:23   Most of us have had the  discussion about the over-stimulation of one’s mind these days.  With a background in sociology, I find topics like the speed of life today & the corresponding impact that it has on each person or  upon society as a whole...

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18/11/2012 11:10

When Patience Takes Time

18/11/2012 11:10 When Patience Takes Time Last December, I reflected on 2011.   2012 with more patience on my part & learning the lesson (again) about having a bigger yes felt like it was going to be much more.    Looking forward, more discerning decisions about...

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