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For my Dear Friend

It has been almost a month since I have blogged. Ugh. How could that be?  Honestly. I have just been in a slump.  Not to mention we have had A LOT on our plate, and as a typical D-Mama I am exhausted...

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Praying for a Miracle

When a friend is hurting, sometimes I don't know what to say.  When I am hurting I find solace in music and the word or God.  This is for Meri, Ryan and the boys.  I have posted some music that has...

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Dusting off...

I decided to go ahead and dust off the old blog, since I haven't blogged in FOREVER!  It certainly hasn't been for lack of trying.  I just really haven't had the time but I miss it and it's time to get...

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Freedom

I never thought that I would think of an insulin pump as freedom, but for Lovebug it is. Lovebug told me again today that she loves her Pod.  When I asked her why and she said it's because most of the...

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Why do I blog?

I saw this blog post prompt on Wego HAWMC and thought it was a great idea for today. When I started this blog, about 4 years ago it had nothing to do with diabetes.  It was just fun for me to write...

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Diaversary #2

One year ago today, my world came to a crashing halt. I never thought that I would have to "deal" with another diaversary. I only thought it happened to "other" people. I thought that Lovebug's would...

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Article 10

Well, Hello!! I know....It's been WAY too long. It's not that I haven't wanted to blog, Lord knows I have missed it, A LOT!  But sometimes you just take a break. An unexpected break, but a good one.I'm...

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How LOW can we go?

I don't know what it is about low blood sugars that bring out the monster in me but there is something about them that makes me want to strangle diabetes to death and that is putting it mildly. To put...

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1 of the 40

It never gets easier hearing those words...some one's daughter/son was taken to the hospital today and diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I heard those words yesterday, prayers for a friend of a friend...

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Every 3rd Day

There it is...that familiar beep beep, beep beep. beep, beep.  beep, beep.  Lovebug's pod beeping signaling its about to expire and it's time to change it. I hear this familiar beep every #rd day. That...

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Under Pressure

It's been 3.5 years since our first diagnosis and 1.5 since the second.  Two years into this I thought I had a "handle" on things.  We had a routine down, and diabetes was becoming our new normal. We...

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Frustration

This past year brought a lot of frustration for me.  I pretty much stopped blogging because of it.  It wasn't that I didn't have anything to say, it was that I felt like I was saying the same things...

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The Move

Before you get all excited, no we aren't physically moving.  Although I would be more then happy to move to a warmer climate!  I miss palm trees and sunshine.  We don't have palm trees and sunshine is...

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Out of Little Girls Mouths

There are a few things I never thought I would hear come out of my daughter's mouth but tonight I heard one of them.  Lovebug came to me with a concerned look on her face, "Mom, I don't want to die!!"...

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My 48 Questions

Well, I guess that I like to follow the crowd, (actually, not really) and since I am just getting back in the swing of things I though I would give it a go.  Here is my 48.1. Were you names after...

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Perseverance

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." Walter Elliot Isn't that the truth, when it comes to Diabetes?  It's true when it comes to my girls and diabetes.  We run...

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Worn

For some reason diabetes has been on my mind more then normal today.  Those of you that live with this disease know that it's never really gone from your mind.  Not when you live with it 24/7.  Around...

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My take

When we said good bye to Dexie a little over a year ago, I would of never thought that we would have her back so soon.  I thought we would stay with Mini for a while.  But when I saw the reviews and...

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A letter to the girls D-Team

This post is Day 1 of Diabetes Blog week:  to check out more click on the link below!Dear D-Team,We love you and only get to see you for a short time every 3 months.  For us, and the fact the girls are...

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It's Time

My sweet hubby has been bugging me for months to get back to blogging.  I hemmed and hawed because honestly, I think I am too busy. Trying to find the time to write is challenging with 4 kids!  He...

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A Year Ago Today

It was one year ago today...I woke up that morning not feeling the greatest.  I felt like I had been hit by a boulder.  I had been feeling that way for a couple weeks and it was just getting worse.  I...

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Blue

Yesterday I woke up to a sea of blue.  Blue pictures of  T1 hero's, my girls included, all over social media.  I literally forgot how many T1 families I was friends with and how many people's lives...

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More Than

They are more than diabetesThey are more than all the daily finger pokes that scare their tiny fingers. They are more than the juice boxes and glucose tabs they consume each day for low blood sugars....

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Challenges

Life seems to get more complicated the older the girl gets.  More challenges arise in their care and while I thought it would get easier the older they get, which it is in some ways, it seems to be...

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Hope

I'll be the first to admit, there are days when I have no hope.  No hope for this awful disease that my daughters have.  No hope that it will ever get better for them. No hope that there will be a cure...

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