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November is diabetes awareness month. I love the increased advocacy in the diabetes community. However, sometimes it seems that the people who pay attention to the diabetes awareness efforts are the people who are already aware.<\/p>\n

People are busy. I get it. Who has time to focus on every cause known to man? (Myself included.) I wonder though \u2013 what if there was a way to reach people in the general population \u2013 to disseminate information without causing a sweat.<\/p>\n

One way I thought of was: Google.<\/p>\n

Do you visit Google\u2019s homepage every day? Or, the better question, perhaps: How many times do you visit Google\u2019s homepage every day?<\/p>\n

The Google doodles are an awesome aspect of Google\u2019s homepage. They\u2019re so fun and unpredictable. And they\u2019re a great way to educate people. I, for one, have picked up a wealth of information about all sorts of cool things, like the invention of the zamobini! As an artist, I also enjoy seeing the design work.<\/p>\n

Last year, November 14th<\/sup> rolled around: World Diabetes Day. I turned on my laptop and, as I always do, I typed www.google.com<\/a>. I was excited; I expected to see a logo that would mean so much to so many Google users worldwide. Millions of people have diabetes, and millions more will develop it. World Diabetes Day seemed like the perfect day to raise awareness in a highly-trafficked area like Google\u2019s homepage.<\/p>\n

\"Diabetes<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when I got to the homepage, there was no diabetes\u00a0Google doodle.<\/p>\n

I did some research into Google\u2019s past doodles, by googling Google\u2019s doodles. (Try saying that five times fast.) I noticed that most of the doodles pay homage to famous birthdays, inventions, and national holidays. I didn\u2019t find any doodles that reference disease awareness.<\/p>\n

In googling, I also found that I wasn\u2019t alone; an army of people wanted to see a diabetes-related doodle back in 2008<\/a>. And then again in 2012<\/a>. (Thanks, Amy, from DiabetesMine<\/em> for spelling out the issue.)<\/p>\n

In short, Google was not interested. Health topics are not something they typically showcase in their doodles. And diabetes isn\u2019t quirky enough.<\/p>\n

The oodles of googling got me thinking. I completely understood their logic. But, in my opinion, diabetes is<\/em> quirky! A lot of quirky people have diabetes. Diabetes may even make us quirky. We all have nerdy carb-counting apps on our phones. And we\u2019re the only people left wearing electronic devices high on our pants. Plus, diabetes itself is full of quirks. That\u2019s why, after decades with the disease, most of us are still baffled. Of course, to know this, you\u2019d have to have diabetes yourself, or be close to someone with it\u2026 which circles us back to the original issue: raising diabetes awareness.<\/p>\n

I figured that if Google didn\u2019t want to make a diabetes doodle, maybe I could. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I began my doodle last year, but I never finished it. Between pregnancy and motherhood, my art-making has taken a backseat. But the hiatus is over. I\u2019ve missed it too much. I was flipping through my old sketchbook and I found my unfinished doodle. It was calling out to me: \u201cComplete me!\u201d<\/p>\n

Who knows. Maybe Google has a diabetes-ified doodle planned for this year. But in case they don\u2019t, here\u2019s my Just-For-Fun-Diabetes-Doodle. It may never make Google\u2019s homepage, but I\u2019m glad to share it here on A Sweet Life.<\/p>\n

I have zero capabilities in interactive web design, but if I did, you\u2019d be able to click the pump buttons in the picture. And the screen would flash to \u201cLow Battery\u201d or, \u201cLess than 20 units remaining.\u201d I\u2019d also make the orange cap pop off the syringe. And every time you\u2019d scroll over a test strip, they\u2019d scatter about the screen. They\u2019re so hard to pick up, those test strips!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you google something this November \u2013 Diabetes Awareness Month \u2013 here\u2019s a reminder that you are noticed.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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