That’s Not The Answer I Wanted To Hear

I can’t tell you how often I have been asked it. I never knew how scary my answer could be to others. Until  – I asked the same question of someone not in the diabetes club. Yesterday I met one of the strongest most beautiful women I’ve ever met. Not just physically beautiful, although she […]

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Random Encounters

It wasn’t the first time I met someone with a diabetes connection while in line to get a latte, probably won’t be the last. Last weekend the daughter and I were in target. After checking out we stopped by the Starbucks located inside Target. (How ingenious is it to have Starbucks inside Target? If only […]

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The Remembering

Diabetes Blog Week – Day 3 From Karen’s blog (creator of diabetes blog week) Bitter Sweet > Our topic for today is What Brings Me Down. May is Mental Health Month so now seems like a great time to explore the emotional side of living with, or caring for someone with, diabetes. What things can […]

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Conversations With Strangers

Diabetes Blog Week – Day Two – A Poem. Conversations With Strangers Can they eat that? Yes they can. Is that some sort of Mp3 player? No, its his pancreas.  Doesn’t that hurt them? Sometimes.  I bet they get used to it. Sometimes. Will they grow out of it? No. But they’re not fat. It’s not […]

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I advocate Therefore I Am

Warning – this post is 1270+ words. normally I would toss in some random cat pics but honestly I don’t want to take away from the message. I thought about changing the font randomly but that just seemed silly. Its wordy but in my very humble opinion worth it. Who is an advocate? : a […]

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