Category Archives: Type 1 Diabetes

Mackenna was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May of 2013.  (You can read her diagnosis story here.)  At that very instant, we had a brand new something to pray for…something to hope for.  A cure. So when we learned that JDRF hosts an annual fundraiser walk near us, there was no question that we […]

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“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”  -Psalm 126:3 I know we are already a fair amount into 2016, so a post about 2015 may seem a bit late.  It does to me at least.  I like to be on time for things and sometimes if I feel […]

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A good friend of mine recently asked me to share part of my story in front of a large group of women.  I thought she was crazy…I’m more of a write-it-out-and-let-others-read-it kind of storyteller, not so much a stand-in-front-of-a-crowd-with-a-microphone kind of storyteller!  But she assured me that she was not crazy, and that the theme of […]

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“…I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”  (Philippians 1:6) Dearest Mackenna (and all of her fellow type 1 fighters),  I am sure of this.  I am sure that you would have chosen a different story line.  I […]

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Today is Black Friday so I may be a little late to the game in writing my Christmas list because the best deals were probably scored by 5am this morning!  Oh how I wish the things on MY list were included in the mega sales today!  I’d be the first crazy one sleeping in a tent […]

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