Choosing to love your enemies I was 26 when Mr. Diabetes showed up on my doorstep and I hated him! He interrupted my plans, demanded my attention, took away my sense of freedom, made me feel horrible, and was an overall buzz kill. It was a bitter irony that I had to...
Don’t be surprised when people who don’t get it, don’t get it. I recently had a comment on one of my posts about a particular word I chose to use. It was “diabetic”. They didn’t like it and felt that the word focused on the disease, not the person and was...
Connection, A Strategy for Coping with Diabetes I exhibited at a Wellness Expo this past weekend and met quite a few people, like me, who live with diabetes. It felt good to be with others who understand. I have spent some time thinking about that good feeling and I...
Choose Inspiration over Desperation We have literally thousands of choices to make every day. Many of them we do without thought, but when it comes to a critical life decision take a moment to explore what is driving your choice. Choices made of desperation will...
Is it time to push yourself? I signed up for a video class since I have little to no experience doing videos on social media and it is something I would like to add to my platform. I knew I would be nervous about getting in front of the camera. I even posted on FB...
"Because my doctor told me to" is NOT a good reason I think the medical community has this idea that their influence and guidance is what makes us do what we do each and every day of our lives to manage diabetes. Don’t get me wrong, their expertise and knowledge is...