Posts Tagged ‘Family’

*+-As you would know, the Easter long weekend is the one after next (Good Friday being the 18th April) and you will have noticed all the Easter so called ‘goodies’ in the supermarkets set out to tempt you. As we have four days off, it’s also a time of year, similar to Christmas time, when…

*+-Yesterday my littlest sister flew from Melbourne to Adelaide to visit our mother, who is 91 & living with dementia in a Nursing Home. We were fortunate to be able to catch up for lunch, together with two of our other sisters, a gorgeous niece & a precious 3 yr old great niece. We actually…

*+-This is a blog I have wanted to write for some time. As the parent of a now grown up child with diabetes, I feel a ‘special’ bond with other parents. Because of this, I am one of the moderators of the Facebook Closed group Parents of kids with diabetes. Almost every day I read …

*+-Our inalienable rights are ‘Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness’- nothing in there about Health, or Wellness, right? I was counselling someone today, someone who is actually older than I am, despite me having just had a birthday & feeling extremely ‘senior’ as a result. LOL! I had something of a ‘light bulb’ moment.…

*+-People around us are generally helpful, caring and concerned. But what do you say when these people make mistakes about diabetes management? On a social media post recently Gwen commented: “Frustrated after a conversation with co-worker today who told me I didn’t need a diabetes dog I just need to take better care of myself so I don’t…