The Ever Changing Skyline...

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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday to this lovely Wednesday morning, we have seen blizzard conditions to gorgeous, bright, cloudless skies, literally. These are just a few shots of the ever changing view.

Wordless Wednesday

Gregory Peck, as Atticus Finch, reading with Mary Badham, as Scout, in 'To Kill A Mockingbird', 1962. Gregory Peck won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role that season.

The Similarities

It has been said that we are more alike than we are different. I was struck by this very phrase last night as I was scrolling through The Smithsonian Magazine photos. These two pics, shot on 2 different continents, by two different photographers, captured what to me, was alike. Two groups of people, one in California, the other in Ethiopia, doing the same thing. Simply, watching the sunset. The silhouettes are dramatically alike...what do you think???

Spare a Rose, Save A Child...

Over these past, 10 1/2, almost 11 years I have learned alot about Type 1 Diabetes. I have met 'regular' Mom's and Dad's, just like Jimmy and I, advocating their hearts out for their children who live w/ Type 1. Can you even imagine living in a developing country where supplies, insulin, test strips, lancets, syringes, dare I say, pumps and pump supplies, even batteries are almost impossible to get. This also includes educators, nurse practitioners, clinics w/ funding and the list goes on and on. I know, that as a Mom, I would be out of my mind if I could not help supply Edward w/ these life saving supplies. He would have died w/out these supplies. The Diabetes On-line Community, otherwise know as the DOC is always looking for new ways to help anyone living w/ Diabetes. A small group of these wonderful folks, along w/ Johnson and Johnson, came up w/ the idea to help people around the globe living w/ Diabetes.

'For this Valentine's Day, using Social Media, our blogs, Facebook and  Twitter, we want to help the Life for a Child program, sponsored by the International Diabetes Federation, which aims to take “contributions from donors [to] go to established diabetes centers enabling them to provide the ongoing clinical care and diabetes education these children need to stay alive.”  Our idea was to take the typical “dozen roses,” so popular on Valentine’s Day, and save just one rose to spare the life of a child. “Spare a Rose, Save a Child” is simple:  buy one less rose this Valentine’s Day and share the value of that flower with a child with diabetes in the developing world.  Your loved one at home still gets flowers, and you both show some love to someone who needs it.

We also want to raise more awareness for the Life for a Child program, and we hope that our friends in the DOC will help with this effort.'

Just $1 a day provides a child with:

• regular insulin
• quality blood glucose monitoring equipment (meter, strips, lancets)
• essential clinical care
• up-to-date diabetes education materials
• specialized diabetes training for medical staff

 “The scope of what needs to be done is vast.  Diabetes management is complex. While the first step is getting access to insulin, it needs to be followed up with education on managing diabetes, extending sustained care and also improving the quality of care. This takes both time and ongoing resources, so donations such as yours are crucial to the success and longevity of the Life for a Child Program. Thank you for your contribution.”

 Make a donation today.  Click here. Even a $1.00 will help—-imagine!!

I am a Diabetes Mom.

Wordless Wednesday...How Sweet!!

These sweet pics are from my Pinterest board, 'Food Glorious Food'

The Burn Scar has a Heart!

It snowed earlier in the week and it is the first time since the wild fires in Waldo Canyon last June, that the burn scar was really covered in snow...well, at least w/in my sight. The scar is the color of charcoal...very very dark. Looking north, it goes on and on for miles. The contrast of the rolling hills, the canyon and mountains which were burnt, and the fresh fallen snow, is simply black and white. I literally had to pull over while driving to take some pics because it was so beautiful. Little did I know, until I came home, looked on the camera, downloaded the pics to my computer did I see what to me, was clearly a heart! Nobody created this, it just 'happened', and my oh my what an inspiration. The canyon lost so much, families lost everything, and a couple, even their lives. A clear sign, if you will, as families are rebuilding their homes and their lives, that there is love up there on Waldo Canyon...awesome, absolutely awesome!!!

' Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy.' Psalm 98:8