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Vivian

Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have

About Me

Some of the labels that fit me are: Wife, Mother, Daughter, Friend, Advocate.
I have held positions including: Securities Researcher, Financial Analyst, Financial Processing Supervisor and Stay At Home Mom.
A few things that I believe are: Jesus is my personal Savior, Government should be small, People should be kind, Smiles are free, We should pay all good deeds forward.
Things that make me happy include: My children's smiles, My husbands touch, Calls from my Daddy, Rain, and Goats.
Things that make me sad include: Children getting bullied, People losing hope, The state of America, and giving shots.
The most frustrating things in my world include: Big Pharm, Low blood sugars, MS flares, Teenagers, bossy six year olds and waiting for a cure.
My biggest goals are: (1)To raise my children to be honest, productive, compassionate, people with a solid moral compass, a full understanding of civics, who will know they are loved and will follow their bliss at all costs. (2)To educate people about, advocate for people living with, and do everything possible to help eliminate autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes. (3)Be the best Me possible, the most compassionate care partner, a firm but loving mother, a wife my husband can trust and respect, a friend I would want to have.

My Interests

Check Out My Website Families With Chronic Illness

Check Out My Husband's Cool Website for 80's Metal bands 80s Metal Bands

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I'd like to meet:

My husband has MS and my son has Type 1 diabetes. I found these videos to explain a little about these diseases. Please watch them, at very least you learned something new.

VideoJug : Multiple Sclerosis

VideoJug : Diabetes Basics

Music:



Heroes:

My husband, the most amazing person I have ever met. My son, what he goes through with his illness and his beaming personality are incredible. My eldest daughter, one of the neatest people I have known. My youngest daughter, who will someday conquer the world.

My Blog

Hockey Goon to Human

I love Hockey! When the bear and I were dating we lived in Denver and this great little IHL team called the Grizzlies had just taken up residence in what was the McNichols Sports Arena. They would hav...
Posted by Vivian on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:04:00 PST

HIPAA PSA =)

I was really shocked recently to find that my stepmother did not know about the protection of HIPAA when you change insurance.  This is a woman who has worked in the medical field for years. ...
Posted by Vivian on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:08:00 PST

Happy Birthday!

I know I have not been around much lately.  It has been busy around Casa De Schaffers.  We are looking at houses for my mother in law, school is out (well, not for Taylor), we are trying to ...
Posted by Vivian on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:54:00 PST

The Weekend

The mother's day weekend got off to a sad start but ended up being one of the best ever.  I am a very blessed woman. On Friday, we had a scare.  Paul has had a lot of problems with his ears....
Posted by Vivian on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:16:00 PST

Options

I think the most fabulous word in all of the world is "Options".  There are so many events and moments in our lives that make us initially feel like we do not have options, but we do.  When ...
Posted by Vivian on Fri, 11 May 2007 06:54:00 PST

Being A Good Mom

Recently a friend posted a blog about why she thinks she is a good mom.  It was very refreshing to hear all the reasons why her kids would turn out ok, not in spite of her, but because of her.&nb...
Posted by Vivian on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:07:00 PST

This Moment

This Moment See the graph?  That was Daniel's blood sugar graph for Monday.  Some of you will not know how beautiful that graph is, but it is and every time I look at it or even the ones ju...
Posted by Vivian on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:55:00 PST

A Happy Day

The boy went on a field trip.  He got to eat pizza, play arcade games, a fun game of laser tag and then there was the go kart race.  Being that he was "just short" of the height requirement...
Posted by Vivian on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:38:00 PST

Introducing Zack

Today we welcome the newest member of our family, Zack.  Zack is a purple pancreas (insulin pump) that is now attached to Daniel for better and for worse.  For the first time in over two yea...
Posted by Vivian on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:50:00 PST

I am back...

I have been MIA for a bit and I apologize.  We have had family visiting and my computer died for a few days.  So much has been going on but I have not had much of a chance to check in with a...
Posted by Vivian on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:20:00 PST