The evening started easily enough. It was site change day.
Owen was in the shower doing his “get the set wet so it can come off without taking any skin with it” routine. I was in the …
Carb Counts & Campfires: A T1D Camp Adventure
For those of you with diabetes – do you remember diabetes camp?
I sure do. I went to a small camp in New Jersey called Camp Firefly. Its logo was a syringe-turned-firefly (do fireflies even have …
Lazy River, Tired Kids, and a Lost Shoe: Tubing with Type 1
Last Saturday, it was hot (I know, mid-July—shocker). It had been a long week, and I hadn’t really planned much (okay, anything) for the weekend. What to do?
We could go to my mom’s—she lives at the …
The Case of the Disappearing Blood Sugar (Or Was It?)
I woke up a few minutes before my alarm, and for a fleeting moment, everything felt right in the world. I stretched in bed, smiled at the peace, and thought, How lucky am I to have a few …
For All Parents Who Exercise at Home—It Sure Ain’t Easy
I usually try to exercise in the morning when the kids are still asleep. It’s the one peaceful window I have before the chaos starts. But every now and then, I slip up and think, Hey, I …