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Facebook has found a way into our daily rituals. It doesn't get more local than reading the overshared personal musings/ ventings of a friend or neighbor (or stranger!). It's an addiction!...
There is no doubting the stress and pressure of raising a child with two autoimmune diseases as Rebecca shares monthly here in her column, "Just My Type: Raising a Child with...
Sometimes blessings come in unusual packages, like wrapped up in rawhide! Read about how a kind gesture at an iconic national park led to a great end to a trying day...
"I have long thought the idea of a cure for diabetes is not going to happen because pharmaceutical companies are making an obscene amount of money off of diabetics," writes Rebecca...
This month in "Just My Type," Rebecca supports two young girls as they face type 1 diabetes every minute of every hour of every day of their lives.
This month in "Just My Type: Raising a Child with Type One Diabetes," Rebecca talks about her transition from a working professional to a stay at home mom (SAHM) so she...
When Rebecca's type one diabetic daughter declares she never wants to talk to her mother again after a morning tiff before school, she is left hurt and reflective on why the...
When the Christmas tree hits the floor and tinsel and ornaments go flying, there's not much to do other than up the pieces and put it all back together again. ...
"As this pre-Thanksgiving column was percolating in my head over the last couple of weeks, I had decided to revisit the idea of counting my blessings instead of my burdens," writes...
Helping other families with Type One Diabetes...
"Diabetes has a way of crowding out everything else in life. Nowhere is that more true than with childhood illnesses and injuries," begins Rebecca this month in her column, "Just My...
"What's in a name?" asks Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Rebecca Dravis, this month in "Just My Type: Raising a Child with Type One Diabetes." Rebecca shares how she struggles with empowering...
This month in "Just My Type: Raising a Child with Type One Diabetes," Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Rebecca Dravis, shares her summer camp experience as a parent of a Type 1...
Here’s to New Beginnings My best friend Jean is eight and a half months pregnant with her first child. I’ve known Jean for almost two decades, since her first week at...
Another year wiser? The fact that it was my birthday made the day even more ridiculous. It was Friday, April 26. Instead of going on the surprise getaway to Cape Cod...
Camped Out Now that spring seems finally to be here, my thoughts have turned to summer. Summer camp, that is. This is difficult time of year for us. My daughter, Noelle,...
Putting up a Fight Having a marital spat in the middle of a chain department store is not my idea of fun. Yet there my husband and I were, 7-year-old Noelle...
No Cause for Alarm A year ago I won an alarm clock in a church raffle. I know … exciting, right? It actually was. It was a very cool alarm clock....
Special Treatment Those words mean different things to different people. Raising a child with a serious disease, I’ve come to embrace everything that’s positive about these two words. That puts me...
Chew On This This past Thanksgiving, the cheese bit back. In our home, Thanksgiving has been a holiday that focuses on the three Fs: family, football — and food. Because of...
Happy Anniversary to Us I remember clearly my daughter’s last carefree moment of childhood… Noelle was 4 years old, and my husband and I had picked her up early from preschool...
The Right Call “I need a cell phone for my 6-year-old.” The words sounded as absurd as I feared they would as I stood defiantly in front of the Verizon guy...
Getting Away From it All When does the offer of a night away with your husband make you reach for the antacids instead of the lingerie? When you’re leaving behind a...