by Ginger Vieira Ginger Vieira, the author of five books: When I Go Low, Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes, Dealing with Diabetes Burnout, Emotional Eating with Diabetes, and Your Diabetes Science Experiment and freelance journalist wrote a story about diabetes and used me as an example of someone who has lived with the disease for many (over 50) years. Here is how…
About
Childhood
When I go through photos and cards from friends and family I am reminded of some peculiar and outrageous stories that make me who I am today. Of them, I am proud. I am far from perfect. I have given my friends and family lots of reason to worry. Shit. Even I’ve worried. Really worried. I wish it wasn’t that…

Meet John Robert Wiltgen
I knew I was destined for greatness when Zsa Zsa Gabor said I should be on stage. Yes, me! But then, I felt afraid there could be a black cloud in my future when Sid Caesar told me, “If you don’t have tragedy, you won’t have comedy. Crying and laughing are the same thing but, you can never laugh too…
Reinventing my Life at Home…
There is nothing like a move from one place to another for a great Christmas gift.
The Irv and Essee Kupcinet Award
John Robert Wiltgen received the Irv and Essee Kupcinet Leaership Award from the Chicago Academy for the Arts.