For the past four years, the people in the Facebook group TypeOneGrit have been working to help each other achieve norma…
Parenting (Children)
The Bonding Experience of Diabetes Camp
Last summer, when I picked my nine year old son up from diabetes camp, his eyes, like those of the counselors and other…
On This Day, Memories of Life Before Diabetes
Facebook’s On This Day feature certainly knows how to yank my chain. Up it pops to say, On this day nine years ago…and p…
Why D-Parents Should Listen to Young Adults with Diabetes
It was the summer of 2010, and I was working through that terrifying time in the life of a diabetes parent: figuring out…
When the Insurance Company Said It Wouldn’t Cover My Son’s Insulin
We recently got a letter from our insurance company. It was addressed to my younger son. He is fourteen.
“Dear BRIGGS, W…
PSA From A Diabetes Mom: If You’re Sick, Stay Home
It was “Parents Watch Day” at my daughter’s dance school, the week before the holiday break, and as a treat the teachers…
Diabetes and Divorce: 10 Tips for Managing Care in Two Homes
I’ll never forget the moments that occurred in the hospital’s parking garage after our daughter’s type 1 diagnosis and o…
Diabetes and Divorce: Managing Care in Two Homes
By the time diabetes upended our lives, our parental trio had been raising two daughters in two homes, for six years. We…
8 Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids with Diabetes
Looking for that special something for the little kids in your life who aren’t making their own insulin? Never fear! We’…
The Choices of Diabetes: Reflections on a Twentieth Diaversary
Life – particularly with diabetes on board – is a series of choices. Looking back on the 20 years of my daughter Lauren’…