Well, not quite Hogwarts. Our family went to the Grandover Resort & Hotel in Greensboro on Friday for a JDRF family conference. JDRF stands for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We had been telling our older kids (I call them The Teens) all week about this, trying to cast the very best light on it, and … Continue reading To Hogwarts and Back Again
Category: Type 1
The Comfort of Yarn
When we were told we would probably be staying a night or two at Brenner's for our daughter to be cared for her newly diagnosed diabetes AND for our training in caring for her, I tossed into my purse a zip-lock bag of two balls of Noro Matsuri yarn, some crochet hooks, and a pair … Continue reading The Comfort of Yarn
When Life Happens…
My knee-jerk reaction when difficult things come crashing into my life is to view them as interruptions, aberrations, abnormalities, unwanted guests, separate from the life I'm supposed to be living. This reaction was very prevalent on Monday as I sat in the pediatricians office with my sweet 7 year old girl waiting for a urine … Continue reading When Life Happens…