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Diabetes Isn’t Particular
I don’t know exactly why I have diabetes. I’ve mentioned that before in a blog post and in a podcast interview as well. No one in my family has type 1, and I’ve never had an endocrinologist who could pinpoint the cause either. Not that the cause is necessarily important. It wouldn’t change things – I have it regardless. But I’m a living example that diabetes can happen to anyone.
Q&A: A Wife’s Perspective on Diabetes
Today we continue in our Q&A series with a conversation with a personal friend of mine named Amanda whose husband has type 1. She shares her insights on his diagnosis, complications, and faith.
Two Diabetes Friends You Need in your Life
Diabuddies. Diabesties. Diabetes friends. Call them what you will, but they’re your friends who just get it when it comes to diabetes.
I Never Planned to Write a Diabetes Book
I never planned to write a diabetes book. It wasn’t until I was doing an online Bible reading plan that the idea came to me.
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?
