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The Long Race with Diabetes
It’s a long race, this diabetes condition. We have daily goals to achieve so that we can run the marathon of this chronic illness well.
T1D Q&A with a Diabetes Coach
We continue our Q&A blog series with a conversation with Melissa Slemp, a diabetes coach. I recently connected with Melissa, and I just love her vast knowledge of diabetes and her positivity in the face of chronic illness. Not that she hasn’t had her share of challenges along the way. Here’s what she shared with me:
When Diabetes Makes No Sense
Sometimes diabetes makes no sense. It had happened every week for at least a month. The hustle to get ready and out the door on Sunday morning, with two littles to check into kids church, left me low heading into worship. It was like clockwork.
8 Ways God Sufficiently Provided
Over the past five years since my son’s type 1 diabetes diagnosis, God sufficiently provided through what I like to call divine deliveries.
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 with them and their parents.
Marking the Milestones of Diabetes
I slowed down and considered what it meant to live with diabetes for 25 years. All I had learned and experienced over those years was worth taking that time to pause, marking the milestone of 25 years with diabetes.
The Weight of Diabetes
I had heard it was common for parents to look for the root cause of their child’s diabetes, and that many of them start to blame themselves.
The Importance of Slowing Down
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 away dishes … sleep and repeat. Does this sound familiar to you?
Q&A with a Nearly-40-year Diabetes Warrior
Today’s first Q&A post comes from a fellow type 1 diabetes warrior, wife, and mom who has lived with T1D for almost four decades.
Diabetes, Suffering, and Six Helpful Reminders
I was so captivated by the story of suffering I was reading on my phone in the kitchen a few weeks ago that I nearly burnt my children’s grilled cheese sandwiches. This was unlike any story I had ever read before.
Five Lessons Learned from A Journey with Chronic Illness
Your journey may look different than mine, but chances are you have had or will have difficulties in your life. Although not particularly enjoyable, our times of challenge do provide us with opportunities to grow closer to Christ.
Trusting God with Diabetes
Does trusting God sometimes feel like a challenge? I’ve often heard the saying, “let go and let God.” And I’ve always thought this was much easier said than done.
