Diabetes Comfort Companion Story #3
THE ODYSSEY BEGINS is the third story from my “Comfort Companion Stories” collection in Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. When Joshua was first diagnosed, our family began an odyssey, a long, wandering journey marked by adventures in learning—about diabetes, ourselves, and each other. Our immediate goal was adjusting…
Read more“Green Brain” Personality Type Happiness is a Roget’s Thesaurus!
Thesaurus is the Latin word for treasure or treasury.Many people are familiar with the reference book entitled Roget’s Thesaurus and have a copy at their desks or on the bookshelf. Most people who work with a word processing program use the Shift + F7 key or tool- language – thesaurus option as a dictionary. However, most of people do not have a clue about the…
Read moreMemories of Myron Blumberg
This morning Jordan and I learned that our dear friend, Myron Blumberg, passed away. When Myron’s daughter, Deborah, called, I said, “You called to tell me something sad. Didn’t you?” “Yes,” she said, “My father passed away.” The news of Myron’s passing was very sad, but not surprising. He had suffered with Parkinson’s disease for many years. Jordan…
Read moreDirect “Green Brain” Diabetes Advice
Direct Advice is the 2nd of the 10 Comfort Companion Stories I want to share with you from Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. Direct AdviceDuring our family’s Thanksgiving celebration in 1985, I noticed that our eldest son, Joshua, looked pale and thin. “You should see Dr. Bud tomorrow,” I…
Read morePresident Lincoln’s Cottage
Our neighbors asked us to watch their house, while they spend a week in Michigan at a summer cottage. Their request caused me to reminisce about escaping the scorching summer heat (before air conditioning) at my maternal grandparents’ summer the cottage in Union Pier, Michigan, when I was a child. Annually, families make their summer migrations to cottages…
Read moreHappiness & The Blue Brain Personality Type Workshop
“Collaborative” is a accurate adjective for the Blue Brainers! To celebrate the second week of Happiness Happens Month, I want to tell you about the What Color Is Your Brain? Workshop I presented to members of Northwest Suburban Practice Group of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, last Thursday, August 7th. Notice the “Blue Brain” adjective of the “Collaborative” Law Institute. …
Read moreThe Best Moment of My Life
The Best Moment of My Life is the first of my “Comfort Companion Stories.”Our Glazov family love affair with flying small aircraft began when my husband, Jordan, took flying lessons in a piper cub airplane, while he was attending Northwestern University Law School; and I was studying at Ohio State University to become a teacher. Jordan…
Read moreHappiness & The Yellow Brain Personality Type
August is Happiness Happens Month!To kick off this month’s celebrations of Brain Color Happiness, I’d like to share one of my favorite, Mac-Do Lodge Summer Camp, poems with you, which was written by Pricsilla Leonard.HAPPINESSHappiness is like a crystal, Fair and exquisite and clear, Broken in a millions pieces, Shatter, scattered far and near. Now and then…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Stories
I am passionate about encouraging, educating and offering comfort to families who deal the never-ending challenges of diabetes management! In 2002, while I was attending the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, I began writing Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes. Purr-fect Pals is a picture book for children with…
Read moreTops Cats Charity Motorcycle Ride
Raise the Banner and Shout Hurrah for the Top Cats! Last Sunday, July 27th, my husband, Jordan, and I participated in our motorcycle club’s 12th annual Top Cats Charity Ride. 160 riders and passengers attended the ride and the club raised approximately $7,000 for Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association (NISRA). The ride began and ending at the…
Read moreOrange Brainers Vacation and Reunions with Family and Friends
The last Brain Color Clue entry for this month is definitely not the least. It is all about having a grand time with the “Orange Brainers” who love to have fun, be spontaneity and experience variety on their vacationsor at family reunions. Orange Brainers find unfamiliar or exotic places and meeting new people exciting. Sporting trips such as helicopter skiing, crewing on a sailboat, whitewater rafting, or…
Read moreColorful Garden Photography
This morning, I attended an engaging and educational garden photography class at my favorite garden store, Hawthorn Gardens, in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois. The class was offered by photographer Lou Nettelhorst, owner of CloseupPhotographs, Inc. Lou also offers classes at College of Lake County, located in Grayslake, Illinois and in Sister Bay,Wisconsin (Door County) in the spring and fall. The…
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