I want to thank First Lady Michelle Obama for her efforts to get American families moving. The First Lady recently launched the Let’s Move campaign to address the alarming rates of childhood obesity in this country. Imagine for a minute that this generation of young people could be the first to have a [...]
President Obama came to Nashua, New Hampshire earlier this week. The Town Hall Meeting at Nashua North High School was intended to highlight the President’s commitment to strengthening America’s small businesses through tax incentives and other support. This may sound crazy for those of you who do not live in an early Primary [...]
Last night I had the privilege of attending the State of the Union as my mother’s guest. Of all the public speeches, campaign rallies and inaugural addresses, the State of the Union is one speech I have always wanted to witness. It is nearly impossible to completely capture on television the nuances associated [...]
It is time to replenish Elle’s diabetes supplies. We are down to one vial of insulin, two boxes of pump sites and we just refilled her prescription for test strips. The battery on her pump died tonight too and it continued to beep until we finally found a replacement battery in the basement. I could [...]
As the holiday season draws to a close and we all move abruptly into the new decade, I find myself feeling particularly grateful for an unlikely and unexpected gift my family recently received. At the end of 2009, my mother in her role as New Hampshire’s Junior United States Senator, passed a resolution in support of Diabetes Awareness Month.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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