I can’t believe that I’m blogging. It’s been awhile, but Liv came home sick from school and is sporting a fever so my original plan of heading to the store to get supplies for homemade chili has turned into an afternoon home at the computer.
Things have become overwhelming around here. There’s drama and I really [...]

My legs carried me through a 6 mile run this morning. I didn’t fully trust that they would make it. It was tough, but it was the springboard I needed to start training again. My mood, my blood sugars, my self-confidence have all been a mess ever since I took a “break” from running.  It’s [...]

I read through my old blog posts last week, in search of what’s been making me unravel lately. I was a crying mess as I remembered the woman I used to be, and realized that I was mourning my life before diabetes.
The past two years has strained me. I think I was hiding behind running, [...]

I haven’t posted anything diabetes related in awhile. It’s not because things have been in perfect control…far from it. Being diabetic has slowly become just a part of who I am. Waking up to a 300 blood sugar or dropping to 45 after lunch, used to send me reeling into a panic that always left [...]

I’ve been working through some overwhelming emotions lately. Our family is dealing with devastating news and I can feel myself scrambling to hold the walls up before everything caves in on itself. There are things in life that will never make sense, no matter how hard you try to find a reason… I will decipher [...]