While in Florida for the 2011 Family Support Weekend I heard a couple of stories that really stuck with me. For most families, coming to CWD events are very important. How important you ask? One family was scheduling a c-section delivery of their baby, and actually planned the operation around the Friends For Life conference. […]
Family Support Weekend
Type 1 Teens – by Korey K. Hood, PhD
If you are a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book. If you are a parent of a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book – but DON’T FORCE IT ON YOUR TEEN! 🙂 I met Korey when we did a session together for the Children With Diabetes (CWD) 2011 Family […]
Ring It In CWD Style
The CWD Family Support Weekend runs through the new year holiday. Many of these families have been spending the new year holiday together for a number of years. The kids and teens are all about bringing in the next 365 days with the CWD friends they have grown up with. The Hitchcock family invited everyone […]
Faces and Names, Faces and Names
The recent CWD Family Support Weekend I attended had about three-hundred people, plus the volunteer staff. While much smaller than the giant Friends For Life conferences, 300+some is still a BUNCH of people. It took me at least three or four introductions, plus a nametag, before I could remember people’s names and faces. Even with […]
Another Angle
I first heard Joe Solowiejczyk when he was in Minneapolis a few years ago to speak at a JDRF Walk kickoff meeting. I liked him almost instantly. He has lived with type 1 diabetes for about 50 years, and his specialty is the mental aspect of living with type 1 diabetes. I am a big […]