Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Disciplining and Diabetes. It is the elephant in the room. It is what every mother of a child with type 1 diabetes dreads. How can we discipline our children when they have such a burden to bear? How can we discipline a child who...

13 years ago I was told to put my child in a sailboat. Alone. He was to journey out to sea and I was not allowed to escort him. You can imagine the fight I put up. I yelled and pleaded. I dropped to my knees and bargained with God. I had a fit. But alas...

Last week when it was time for L to check his sugar at school, he announced, "Time to go to work AGAIN! I'm so tired of my job!" He's burning out. At the Endo's office on Wednesday he spent the majority of his time sitting on the...

If my house were presented before a judge and jury, we would be convicted of afternoon lows in a heartbeat. I've been cleaning up the crime scene all morning. Four juice boxes thrown on the blood sugar station, completely depleted of its juice. Crushed...

The other day after school I had the boys test their sugars and report back...well more like yell back, what their numbers were. L- Wouldn't tell me. He just did his march to the low cupboard all the while maintaining intense eye contact with me....

Often, it's like we are banging our head against the wall...hoping for a different result every time we go in for the next bang. "Maybe this time it will bring a different result!" We say enthusiastically to ourselves as we bolus our child...

We weren’t doing anything, I swear. We were just strolling down the boardwalk of life when BAM…the bullet train swept us up! Strep. The Strep Bullet Train. We went from a leisurely pace to supersonic speed in an instant. There was no going...

So I’m flying through life. Walkin’, you know…strolling down the streets of Our Diabetic Life. There are bumps and there are cracks, but for the most part I’m able to keep a steady gait. The holidays come and I get in my appreciative...

Erma was big, and she was beautiful. But during the time I knew her, I didn’t appreciate what she had to offer in the least. To me, she was old. To me, she was too fat to take anywhere. To me, she was a complete embarrassment. I didn’t want...

HOPE: (verb) To wish for something with expectation of fulfillment. (Noun) The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for the future good, which is difficult, but not impossible with Gods help. JOY: (noun) Intense or especially ecstatic or...

We check blood sugars around here like…a million times a day. It is seriously no big deal. The blood…the poke…the test strips laying on the counter like wounded soldiers…it all doesn’t even faze us. But throw another...

‘Twas the night before set changes and all through the home Every boy slept quite soundly, nary a moan. The monitors sat on the counter with care, Anticipating a parent soon would be there. The children’s fingers were hiding warm under their...

Today is the last day of Diabetes Awareness Month. I have blogged for 30 days straight and everyone must wonder, “What could Meri possibly have left to say?” I wonder the same thing. But deep down I feel a small nudge. Something inside of...

Hope: One of the most powerful words in existence. And here we are entering the foyer of the season of hope. Step into the season and look around. Hope is everywhere; it is riding in on the frost laden breeze. It is encompassed in the dew droplets on...

Driving to the big city with a couple of D Mama's today I found out something very interesting about myself, and I thought I would share. It was an epiphany of sorts brought thoughtfully to my attention by an amazing D Mama in her own right. It all...

It is no secret that I believe in miracles. And I'm not embarrassed to announce that I believe in angels too. In the spirit of the approaching holiday season, I wanted to share with you a very special, very true story of hope. A story that helped...

How could you not want to buy these? 100% of the sales go to JDRF. I'm giving away a pair on my blog...plus a bunch of my friends are too to celebrate World Diabetes Day. Only 24 hours to enter! So pop by! http://ourdiabeticlife.blogspot.com/2010...

Quiet. The house is still. Parents peacefully sleeping. Children gleefully dreaming. Respite from a long busy day. The dog sighs happily in his bed. The heater hums, the faucet silently drips. The alarm waits. It’s black plastic, hard and distantly...

Below, please find the link to a post I wrote, dedicated to those who don't get it. To those who have ever uttered, "diabetes is no big deal," or lectured, "at least it isn't cancer!" To those people I issue this challenge...

There are a few things I want you to know. I want you to know, when your daughters pump ran out of insulin within the first hour of school last week…I have felt that very same anger and embarrassment that you did. I want you to know, when your...

I remember the very first shot I had to give. I hated it. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. My husband was so cool about it all. If he was scared, he didn’t show it. He grabbed that needle and bam, done. I on the other hand, had to give...

My name is Meri and I am a snooze-a-holic. Who knew this would lead to more dangerous activities. Ones that I don't even remember...like...turning off the 1:30am check alarm...and having no memory of doing so! Read the rest of the story here: http...

It struck me recently that maybe people aren't always thinking what I think they are thinking. Go figure! Since the school year has begun I have had the same issues I always do. The teachers don't get it...and I get offended. I'm coming to...

It was one of those nights. The kind of night when you look at the clock and see it’s 4:45 and you have nothing planned for dinner. Options were weighed. Dialog was flowing. Ideas bounced off. And decisions made. The decision? Finish reading my...

I just launched my first giveaway. Two prize packages will be given away, each including a few of my favorite things. :) Just leave a comment with your first name to enter, and then check back next Friday to see if you won. Easy peesy! Enter here: http...