Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic condition that prevents the body from regulating the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. There are two common types of diabetes: …
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Careless Enough to Care
It’s not that we don’t care or are careless, but that we often care about some things too much: about our cars, homes, sports, convenience, …
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I was fortunate enough to have my dream job straight out of college. While working on the editorial team for my denomination’s youth magazine, we …
Read More »Is Type 2 Diabetes Curable?
Common questions and comments among those with type 2 diabetes are “Can I stop taking my diabetes medicine? Do I still have diabetes?”1 I feel very …
Read More »A Small Shoe
Like many little girls, I loved my dolls, but most especially my doll Samantha. I was eight years old when I finally saved enough money …
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Without ceremony or a gold watch, my “retirement” document arrived last week from the state where I was licensed as a mental health counselor. Earlier …
Read More »Playing for My Grandfather
When I was 11 years old, my maternal grandfather moved from New York to Loma Linda, California, to stay with my family. He had been …
Read More »The Color of Contentment
How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …
Read More »The Need for Forgiveness
With long strides, the Yul Brynner look-alike attired in an expensive business suit, rushed through the airport. Yet his briefcase is what caught my attention. Costly …
Read More »What the Birds Teach
I pulled my eyes away from the computer screen and looked out the window at the birds and squirrels. They were at it again. Two …
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