Category Archives: Life with type 1 diabetes

November is National Diabetes Month. When Mackenna was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2013, my list of life goals grew by two. Learn how to manage her diabetes well, and teach her to do the same, so that she can live a long and healthy life. Educate anyone who will listen about the truth […]

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Today we start The Joy Before Me Challenge.  We are attempting to alter our perspectives by paying more attention to the things in our lives that bring us joy: blessings, surprises, comforts.  We’re writing them down so that in the midst of busy, challenging, crazy days, we don’t forget to notice all of the ways God […]

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  May 7, 2013…3 pm I sat at my desk and watched my 4-year-old go potty for about the fourth time in an hour.  It had been like that for about three days.  I thought it was strange…maybe she had a urinary tract infection…maybe she was just keeping herself really hydrated.  But at about 3 […]

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You read that title correctly.  I have a few pretty good reasons why I didn’t want to start this blog.  And just one reason why I did. 1) Why add more to an already pretty full plate?  Mothering is a full time job.  I have days when I wake up and don’t sit down again until […]

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First post of a brand new blog and I have been staring at this screen trying to figure out what to write.  Which is ironic, because I’ve been thinking about this blog for about a year now.  You’d think I’d have thought about what to actually write in it.  You see, about a year ago, […]

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