I’m honored to introduce you to Laddie (@MNAZLaddie on Twitter). When the weather here in Minneapolis is nice, she lives here. The other 11 months of the year she migrates to more a more hospitable climate in Arizona. Okay, I was…
Lots of news to spread today! Buckle up for some bullet points. Are you near the Washington, D.C. area (Crystal City, VA, specifically)? Come to the CWD Focus on Technology regional conference and expo happening next weekend, February 1-3, 2013. Sebastien Sasseville is…
I attended a local support group where the speaker was Joe Nelson, a local psychologist who used to blog with Diabetes Self Management. I’ve always liked Joe and enjoyed the chance to hear him speak again. He said something that…
The Johnson family returned from the 2011 Friends for Life conference late on Sunday. My brain is frantically trying to process all of the magic that I experienced, and I’ve been crazy busy catching up on home stuff. I feel…
Every so often a project comes along that gives me the chills. Full of honesty and inspiration, empowerment and stubborn determination, the “You Can Do This” Project hit the streets this morning. YOU can do this. Add your voice. Check…
I am a fan of WEGO Health, a community dedicated to empowering health activists to help others. I love their mission. They also helped me get to BlogWorld 2010, which was an incredible experience for me. Their latest idea is…
The first session I went to was called “Government Relations 101”. Sounded perfect to me – as I had no clue what I was getting into. Kim and I sat next to each other and listened to a great, high…
I’m spending the week down in Florida with the CWD family. Later this week will be the Family Support Weekend. Kerri and I are getting aquanted with the staff and will be getting our feet wet with a few presentations.…
Having spent the weekend with George and everyone that came to town for his celebration, I was an emotional basket-case. I was riding a freaking tidal wave of emotions on the last day of my visit. To have those fragile…
theBetes:NOW is a really fun project that I bumped into at the CWD Friends For Life (FFL) conference. It’s a project that a couple of the super creative Dunlap teenagers are putting together, and I’m so impressed with how it…
How many of you have heard of Ginger Vieira? I guarantee that not enough of you have, and I’m going to shout her praises from the highest rooftop I can find. Ginger was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and celiac…