Just Alone – Friends for Life
While I’m a believer that it is never too late to experience your first Friends for Life conference, I do believe that the earlier you get there the better. To this day I can vividly remember walking into the opening…
While I’m a believer that it is never too late to experience your first Friends for Life conference, I do believe that the earlier you get there the better. To this day I can vividly remember walking into the opening…
Is it possible for an annual event to change your life for the better each and every year? Is it possible for that event to be better than the year before, without taking away any magic from the previous event?…
Sorry folks, I’m not done gushing about CWD Friends For Life. I left off with Jay Hewitt on three TV screens, and some evening basketball with Gary Scheiner. I had just as much trouble choosing sessions on Friday as I…
I walked into the Richard Rubin Keynote (opening session) with an overflowing breakfast plate and my shoulder bag full of diet sodapop. After only a step or two into the room I was stopped in my tracks by the sheer…
Bernard, Amy, Kerri, Scott, photo by Jeff Hitchcock One of the hardest things at CWD Friends For Life (FFL) was deciding on which session to attend for any given pocket of time. Each session ran for an hour, or an…
I am easily overwhelmed — especially the first time I go somewhere or do something. I think the folks at Children With Diabetes (CWD) must have known that. They must have also known that I’m not the only one…
I have a million things I want to talk about regarding my first ever Children With Diabetes (CWD) Friends For Life (FFL) conference. I’ve been trying to sort it all out in my head before starting to write about it,…
I received this award last month while at CWD’s 2013 Friends for Life conference in Orlando. That moment easily falls in with some of the most memorable of my life; getting married, witnessing the births of my kids, the many…
I was going to use “We All Need A Ginger” for my title, but I wasn’t sure how that would come across… In my case, I’m talking about Ginger Vieira, and there’s no substitute for her. But if you can’t…
I spent this weekend visiting with my wife’s extended family. All of her immediate family are near us, around Minneapolis, MN. But most of her extended family is closer to East Moline, IL, where many of them grew up. We…
I enjoy helping friends. Friends like Dr. Oser. We first met at a CWD Focus on Technology some years back, and I’m happy to say we’re now working together on CWD’s Friends for Life ‘Adults with Type 1’ track. We even wore…
The Diabetes Scholars Foundation does amazing work. I hope to introduce you to part of their magic that you may not be aware of. They are best known for helping people get to CWD’s Friends for Life conferences, and they…
I’m having fun with the “Scott’s Sweepstakes” series! I was so tickled when the contest software picked Loren as the winner of last week’s giveaway! I actually met Loren and her family at Friends for Life a couple of years…
I was blessed with an opportunity to finally meet Shawn in person at CWD’s Friends for Life conference in Orlando – and he’s twice as awesome in person as I’d imagined him to be. We weren’t able to coordinate a video…
After finishing an 8k with Insulindependence last fall I talked myself into completing a half marathon in Seattle and committed to doing so on live internet radio (it’s also recorded, so I couldn’t pretend it didn’t happen). I trained, and trained,…
I’m happy to spread the word about the Diabetes Scholars annual fundraiser at Friends for Life this July. This year sounds amazing! Mary Podjasek, tireless champion and President/Executive Director, Diabetes Scholars Foundation, describes the evening: Your Polynesian experience begins with the…
Dr. Korey Hood is one of my favorite people. He training to run the 2014 Boston Marathon (!!) with Team JDRF on April 21st, and could use some help. I love Korey because he’s a great guy, and he has…
There are many amazing things about going to a Friends for Life conference, but one of my absolute favorites is having a chance to interact with people you’d never dream of meeting otherwise. As an example, years ago and only…
Whew! It has been an amazing couple of months for me. I have so much I’d like to say about so many things, but I’m short on time (seems to be a theme of mine lately). I’m heading off to the…
One of the most exciting events at the Friends for Life conference this year was the P4DC panel discussion. This event brought a panel of highly respected medical professionals in front of similarly highly respected members of the diabetes online…