Living with diabetes is stressful, frustrating and exhausting, and my general response to people who encourage me to fin…
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The Essential Diabetes Auntie
There’s another kind of auntie our world needs: this one’s bond with the person comes not from blood, but from blood sug…
I Sort of Have Type 1 Diabetes
Although I was diagnosed three years ago, and Jack three months ago, neither of us has taken a speck of insulin. Having …
A Heartbreaking Diabetes Coincidence that Made a Friendship Stronger
I called my friend Anne from the ER. “Lauren’s in the hospital,” I said. “She was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. A…
The Day Type 1 Diabetes Changed For Me
When my eleven month old niece, Ella, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I was equal parts stunned, angry, and sad. My …
Old School Diabetes Tips You Need to Know
Which brings me to the olden days of diabetes. Back when we had to walk barefoot both ways uphill in snow to get our NPH…
The Hidden Beauty in Life With Diabetes
For 19 years, my focus and goal as the mother of a child with diabetes had been survival. And in life with diabetes, tha…
Babysitting a Child With Diabetes
My experience babysitting Noah not only taught me new things about managing my own care, but it also gave me a newfound …
TMI: Why I Turned Off Dexcom Share
Dex Share meant that—if our entire family was home and our son went high or low—two cell phones and the Dex receiver wou…
How a Thanksgiving Car Crash Changed Me
I woke up the next day to a new life. My face was a mess. My body was cracked and broken and bruised and hurt. But my he…