Diabetes Q&A with a School Nurse

Diabetes Q&A with a School Nurse

Today I have the privilege of sharing with you a great Q&A conversation I was able to have with an elementary school nurse. She cares for any of the kids in the school, but she sees those with diabetes more often and is able to develop wonderful relationships...
Marking the Milestones of Diabetes

Marking the Milestones of Diabetes

I recently spent time marking the milestone of my February birthday with my family. Another trip around the sun. I got to pick our dinner location, as is our custom on someone’s special day. We celebrated together and ate ice cream, and I received wishes from friends...
The Weight of Diabetes

The Weight of Diabetes

WHAT I TEXT MESSAGED MY MOM I had just started writing my Devotions on Diabetes book when I text messaged my mom with a question to get her perspective. I had heard it was common for parents to look for the root cause of their child’s diabetes, which seems a...
The Importance of Slowing Down

The Importance of Slowing Down

BY BRANDY DAVENPORT, CO-BLOGGER Setting agendas, scheduling appointments, making phone calls, doing work, washing laundry, packing for a trip, unpacking from a trip, prepping grocery lists, cooking meals, cleaning the house, bathing the dogs, bathing the kids, putting...
Q&A with a Nearly-40-year Diabetes Warrior

Q&A with a Nearly-40-year Diabetes Warrior

Today starts a series of Q&A blog posts in which I will be interviewing various people about their experience with diabetes. This first post comes from a fellow type 1 diabetes warrior, wife, and mom who has lived with T1D for almost four decades – Melissa...