The 12 months leading up to the JDRF One Walk in 2016 were full of highs and lows for our family. Every year has those kinds of peaks and valleys, right? But there are two valleys from that year that really left impressions on my heart. The first was the unexpected loss of Justin’s job. His […]
This morning I stopped at the pharmacy to pick up Mackenna’s insulin. I gave the pharmacist her name and birth date and when he came back from the refrigerator with the box of insulin, he paused. He glanced at me and then back at the paper stapled to Mackenna’s box of insulin. Then he said, “Are you aware that this […]
I don’t remember what I was searching for on Etsy that day, but I came across some t-shirts with the saying “On Wednesdays we wear pink”. It’s a quote from the 2004 movie, Mean Girls. It must be a popular saying because there are a LOT of shirts to choose from if you’re looking for […]
May 6th is a tricky day for me. It’s the day before everything changed. The day before diagnosis. The day before diabetes came knocking. For 1,676 days from October 4th, 2008 through May 6th, 2013 we had it pretty easy. She could eat whenever and wherever she wanted to without us giving it a second thought. […]
We are getting ready to participate in JDRF’s One Walk at Mall of America in just two days. A couple weeks ago, I shared a bit about our first experience at the walk in 2014. (You can read about it here.) Today, I want to share a little bit about our experience last year. February […]
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