Balancing Acts | Jane Kokernak

We people who live by the numbers: we don’t measure up, and we’re good at admitting it. Our acute awareness …

Dara-Lynn Weiss, a Manhattan mother of two who has recently become famous for posing in Vogue with her 7-year-old daught…

A two-juice-box night, in fact. This is what I saw on my nightstand as I was puttering around my room getting dressed th…

At the university where I work, every spring there is a 12-week community fitness program, called Getfit MIT,  in which …

On Sunday, I ran my first 5K ever. Woo hoo!
Even though my daughter and I have been running steadily for 12 weeks now, I…

My daughter and I have stuck with the running program we started in December. On Sunday (tomorrow) we are registered to …

I am not much motivated by vanity when it comes to exercise. Although I may want to look good at my upcoming college reu…

In the days that immediately followed my diagnosis with Type 1 — almost 20 years ago, in February 1992 — my …

Brian made it look so easy. Load the syringe with three units of NPH, gently press down on the cat’s hind quarters…

My diabetes is up all night. Hungry.
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, I awoke at 1:40am, suddenly alert. Blood glucose w…