{"id":44629,"date":"2016-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/dblogweek-day-1-message-monday\/"},"modified":"2016-09-24T20:42:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T00:42:55","slug":"dblogweek-day-1-message-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629","title":{"rendered":"#DBlogWeek Day 1 \u2013 Message Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DBlogWeek-Banner.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38878 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DBlogWeek-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"DBlogWeek\" width=\"601\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s officially the start of Diabetes Blog Week! This is the third consecutive one I have participated in and I\u2019m excited to write blogs each day this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\u2019s prompt is the following question: What is the most important diabetes awareness message to you? After giving it some thought, I decided on something short and sweet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diabetes doesn\u2019t define me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my diabetes advocacy, I\u2019ve done my best to spread the message that I\u2019m more than my diabetes. There are so many things besides my diabetes that can describe me and have shaped me into the person I am. I\u2019m a writer, a Harry Potter aficionado, a food and fitness freak (yes, I know that\u2019s ironic\u2014so what?), a Disney addict, a thrifty shopper, a fan of my loved ones. \u201cA diabetic\u201d is merely thrown somewhere into that mix of eclectic titles that I can honestly say I\u2019m proud to claim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This message is important to me because it conveys that my diabetes doesn\u2019t stop me from doing anything I want to do. Sure, my diabetes can make it a bit more difficult to achieve certain goals, but what\u2019s life without a little challenge? I\u2019ve learned to accept that diabetes and problem-solving go hand in hand, and my acknowledgment of this fact has caused me to discover more about myself and my ability to cope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On that note, let diabetes blog week commence! I\u2019m looking forward to reading other blogs and enjoying the sense of community over the next several days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":44630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>#DBlogWeek Day 1 \u2013 Message Monday | ASweetLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Molly Johannes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629\",\"name\":\"#DBlogWeek Day 1 \u2013 Message Monday | ASweetLife\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DBlogWeek-Banner.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-25T00:42:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/623ae95e59042a0181d7249ae80f9e18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DBlogWeek-Banner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DBlogWeek-Banner.jpg\",\"width\":601,\"height\":101,\"caption\":\"DBlogWeek\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=44629#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"#DBlogWeek Day 1 \u2013 Message Monday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/623ae95e59042a0181d7249ae80f9e18\",\"name\":\"Molly Johannes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f996a9325de8e57234e2c6d9727bd93d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f996a9325de8e57234e2c6d9727bd93d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Molly Johannes\"},\"description\":\"Molly Johannes was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997 at the age of four. 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