Hockey/ Golf GongShow for Type 1 Diabetes

Hello accomplished Hockey Parents, As I scramble through this final week’s push for the golf outing, I thought it might be worthwhile to fill you in on what we do and why we do it. This is the 8th year, we have a 501c-3, and we expect 100+ golfers, including hockey coaches and former players.Continue reading “Hockey/ Golf GongShow for Type 1 Diabetes”

Giving Away Free Socks To Cure Type 1 Diabetes

Can we do something meaningful today? I mean, can we all come together today… it’s Friday… I know you have to work, but on top of that, would you care to be part of something bigger than you and I? I’m in, for sure, today! I’m placing a bet on humanity today. Win or lose,Continue reading “Giving Away Free Socks To Cure Type 1 Diabetes”

Meet Coach Sean Berens

This is hopefully the first of many articles designed to increase knowledge and awareness of our hockey community.  We are going to visit with some of the country’s very best hockey coaches, get to know them and divulge their opinions around how to navigate what has become an overly convoluted hockey roadmap.   Insights and coach’sContinue reading “Meet Coach Sean Berens”

My son, Matthew – and the Hockey/ Golf GongShow

My son Matthew is 10 years old now, soon to be 11.   At age 2, he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  I’ve written before about that period, when Matthew was diagnosed, the nightmarish events leading up to our long hospital stay, and I’ve also written about life after diagnosis, the immediate changes to lifestyleContinue reading “My son, Matthew – and the Hockey/ Golf GongShow”

How You Can Help Destroy Diabetes

#DiabetesSucks! My Matthew had just turned two years old, he was so little as he stood in his crib…  crying profusely…   he wore a one piece footsie jammies, soft to the touch, but they’d gone through the wash so many times.   Only on his feet because he clamored desperately to his crib rail, instinctively, asContinue reading “How You Can Help Destroy Diabetes”