Diabetes Awareness Month

    Today is officially the first day of Diabetes Awareness Month. Ironically I was diagnosed November 25, so I celebrate and help raise awareness for the disease I live with every day. I am going to try and post something every day this month (I'm sorry if I fail). Yesterday was Halloween and with the help of the link I posted awhile back, I woke up for my 1 a.m. check with a blood sugar of 138. Today unfortunately I am sick so my blood sugars are a little but higher, but I'm hoping this will soon pass.

    For the first day of diabetes awareness month, I am going to reflect on an event I went to last weekend with my second family. Camp Conrad Chinnock held it's annual gala which raises thousands of dollars for my home away from home.

   This camp is a safe place for hundreds of Type 1 Diabetics every summer and for a weekend in the winter. Words cannot tell you how much love I have for everyone there. I am no longer a camper, but now a staff member. This past weekend I was able to reconnect with my fellow counselors and even some of my campers. 

    Every year Rocky Wilson, our camp director, tells story about how the flame from one light can fill up an entire room. And when I see how many people come together to help support something so amazing, the room glows. Thank you everyone who has supported either me or camp, I am forever grateful.

"I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift."