“Can you smell spring, Mom?” I recall my 7-year old daughter saying, as she rushed in from out-of-doors.  “Come, Mom.  Come smell spring.”
So I went outside with her and enjoyed the scents and sounds of spring.  When we stop and wonder with our children, we’ll enjoy the small miracles of nature we often rush past in our hurried adult life.

Listen to the bright red cardinal sing his merry song in the maple tree.
Watch the robins bring straw and grass and other objects to build a nest.
Splash through water in a puddle.  Never mind that feet get wet.
Skip stones across the brook on …read more

Happy Monday to y’all! I don’t have a whole lot of new diabetic news today. There was no new medication nor research studies published in the last few days, after all it is vacation season, right? And I don’t have too much to offer in my personal diabetic life, except I think I ate an entire cheesecake this weekend thanks to one of my good friends, Debbie. By the way, you would have to as well, it is the best home made cheesecake in the entire world, and I get to eat about 2-3 times a year, …read more