Diaversary: THIRTY-SEVEN Years Of Living With Diabetes ~

37 years ago, today I was diagnosed with t1 diabetes and it blows my mind when I stop and think about it. There are days when I'm driven to tears because of diabetes and there are days when diabetes pisses me off. And there are days when it doesn't.
Diabetes has been consent companion and my biggest nemesis all rolled into one. 
Every October 31st, I try and the focus on the positives in my life and my life with diabetes, by creating a list of positives, because that's what helps me get through the day. 
Remembering that I am incredibly blessed to be the little girl who not only lived, but grew up to be the woman who continues to be become, is what works for me.  
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THIRTY-SEVEN Positives, in no particular order~

1. After 37 years with diabetes, I’m still here & I didn’t always think that would be the case.
2. I’ve learned a lot .
3. I'm still learning.
4. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups - I LOVE THEM.
5. My nieces and nephews - I love those 12 individual works of art more than I can articulate.
6. Speaking of nieces and nephews: A to Z.
7. Lipstick - It’s my little pick me up.
8. Lipschtick - Because laughing keeps me sane.
9. Short acting insulin. 
10. Insulin Pumps.
11. Spicy food.
12. The fact that I can eat spicy food.
13. The ocean - Every single time I need to re-group, the ocean helps me to do that. 
14. My friends kids: They make me smile and laugh and keep young. 
15. The Diabetes Online Community - Without you, I don’t know what I’d do - And I LOVE & APPRECIATE you all so much. 
16. Having enough cream for my second cup of coffee this morning - Seriously, little things mean a lot.
17. Music in all dimensions.
18. Learning and attempting new things.
19. Colors: Blues, purples, greens, yellows, oranges and reds. 
20. Hot showers on cold mornings.
21. Blue Fridays.
22. Cupcakes and the fact that I can bolus correctly for them 9 times out of 10.
23. Gardening - I love to garden - I love to tend/take care of things and help them grow - Same goes for people.
24. Black leather boots with an interesting heel. 
Seriously, who doesn’t LOVE black leather boots with an interesting heel?!
25. Sparkly things~
26. Achieving Blood Sugar Nirvana after eating a shitload of carbs.
27. My CWD crew.
28. Looking so good in the color red that I actually have to be careful when I wear it - it’s not fair to everyone else. ;)
29. Books. I LOVE BOOKS. 
30. Parallel parking is one of my magic powers - How many people can say that? 
31. A proper cup of tea.
32. A really nice glass of red wine every now and then.
33. Puppies. 
34. Dogs.
35. My friends - I’d be so lonely without them and I'm incredibly blessed to have them.
36. My parents - I miss them but I was REALLY lucky to have them.
37. Being my mother’s daughter - My mom was the strongest & most beautiful woman I've even known and I was so incredibly blessed to have had her as my mom and friend~

37 years of living with type 1 diabetes