Dirty Hands | Softball is For Girls

It’s her blood sugar. It has to be. Everyone as bad days, but when the bad days or the bad play just seems out of character and your kid is a type 1, you immediately go to the blood sugar. When you are a T1D mom, you go to the blood sugar. Not as an excuse, but because that feeling hits you that something just isn’t right with your kid.

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A Day in the Life of a T1D Softball Player

This picture……sparked a little controversy yesterday when it was posted on Facebook with the question “does anyone know what this is?” A few people knew the answer right away. Test strips for a glucometer. Many others thought they were arrow nocks. And there were a lot of people completely disgusted that a kid would actually…

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#T1D STRONG | Juice Boxes, Insulin & Athletes!

Three years ago, November was just November. A cold and dreary month where I personally worried about holidays and everything else that a parent could possibly worry about it. But then, things changed. Our daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes a few short years ago and now for us, November is TYPE 1 Awareness…

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Against the Odds –

For our first player/team of the week featured player, we are actually getting a little personal. Thankfully, our own children don’t read the website, or else we would certainly be in trouble for writing about one of our own daughters. Or for writing about ONLY one of our own daughters. You get it, its lose-lose…

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