{"id":27915,"date":"2012-06-11T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=27915"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:47:22","slug":"no-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=27915","title":{"rendered":"no. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years ago my relationship with diabetes began with the words,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/you-know-you-have-diabetes-right\/16327\/\">\u201cYou know that you have diabetes, right?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today I find myself reflecting and trying to avoid uncomfortable feelings in regards to the ups and downs of this relationship. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reaction of avoidance is a good reminder to pause. \u00a0To practice compassion and gentleness for whatever feelings arise. \u00a0To recognize that none of us are alone in our relationships with diabetes. \u00a0To allow space for limitless possibility. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/katie\/blogs\/personal-blogs\/no-9\/27915\/attachment\/sweetlifepost_nine\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27916\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27916 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sweetlifepost_nine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"282\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sweetlifepost_nine.jpg 570w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sweetlifepost_nine-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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