A voice for living well with Type 1 Diabetes

Altitude, Attitude & Turbulence

This week Kendra and I are on a road trip from St. Louis to Phoenix to spend time with our son, Connor, do baseball Spring Training, and visit with friends and family (that seem numerous this time of year in Arizona). Usually, we would fly, but Kendra and I had...

Kelly’s 51st Birthday

This site is dedicated to my sister-in-law, Kelly, who died due to complications from type 1 diabetes. Her 51st birthday would have been this week. Her sisters, brothers, and father recognized the day with her birthday ritual … angel food cake topped with whipped...

Dream Foods & The Fertile Crescent

Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel is a history of earth’s continents with theories on how one of them came to exert influence on the others. With the help of guns, germs, and steel, Eurasians introduced their language, writing, technology, and domesticated...

Gratitude – Noah Gray (Super Bowl LVII)

Today is Super Bowl Sunday … as a lifelong fan, I’m all for the Kansas City Chiefs. (Hey, I remember their first two Super Bowls!) As pumped as I am about the Chiefs being in the big game, I’m more inspired by one of our players. As the game is played, Type 1 diabetes...