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23/06/2014 11:09
How many times have each one of us heard references about tomorrow being a better day or “better days ahead?” Most of us will agree that these are things we have either thought or heard countless times. How many times have we made valiant attempts as well to start a day over? Does...
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16/06/2014 12:29
Loss is a word that usually is associated with frustration, pain, sadness, perhaps denial, numbing out, avoidance & so many other descriptors in my experience. What if I told you though that some of the losses that I have experienced have lead me to a much stronger me. It is not...
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09/06/2014 15:39
Where is your well? Where do you go to fill yourself up with what really matters most to you? Have you built or found, happened upon, searched for & located multiple well sources for yourself? Do neon signs emerge to let you know that you need a trip to a well that will meet...
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07/06/2014 09:54
Dear Hearts,
Next Monday, the sharing will be "Holding On & Letting Go" which is a writing piece that I sat down & wrote a couple of days ago. It kind of lightens things up a wee bit. In the next couple of weeks, I will also post "News Feast" yet will strive to lighten things up...
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02/06/2014 12:38
Have you ever had something stolen from you? Or perhaps it was more a case of something being borrowed permanently from you.
Health can be a little like that at times don’t you think? If we live with either type 1 diabetes or another “365” challenge then we may share the feeling...
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26/05/2014 11:33
Does it feel like we sometimes live our lives in 3 day, 5-8 day, 6 month & 5 year increments when it comes to living with type 1 diabetes? This is my experience. The 3 day increment is the timeframe in between insulin pump infusion site changes. We have to keep track of that...
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19/05/2014 17:16
Have you rocked out a striped gown in the hospital? If you have had the miracle of bringing a life into the world you may be pretty familiar with the hospital fashion wear. You just kind of hope that at least 2 out of 3 of the strings holding the gown together (almost) are still present...
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12/05/2014 14:38
Have you ever tried to send a curve ball to your brain? Sometimes we may enter into this on purpose & other times it may be something that just happens. Do we feel comfortable when we are giving our brain a workout that it either seldom or never gets? It is the easiest thing...
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05/05/2014 09:03
If you & I have type 1 then we are all too familiar with the trip to the lab to begin the process of finding out what our A1C is. The time flies between lab appointments right?
This morning I woke myself up extra early because I planned to turn my basal rate down on my insulin pump...
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28/04/2014 09:11
Do you remember the first time you heard the song that sings about bones and their connection to one another? I confess that the first time I heard that particular song, it was being sung by sock puppets. It had been created with children in mind in an effort to teach about how the...
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