When I was a kid, I went to the Clara Barton Camp for Diabetic Girls and spent five summers in a row hanging out with other kids who had diabetes. For me, a girl from a small town with no other diabetics roaming around, it was the coolest place ever.
There, I fit in.
Early in the morning, before we would all head down to the... Read more
As I grew up with diabetes, my mother wasn't just "my mother." She was also my nurse, my dietician, and my exercise physiologist. What she had was the powerful combination of necessity and love, driven by the need to take the best care possible of her diabetic child.
I don't have a clue what it takes to be the mother of a kid with... Read more
Sometimes when I think about my best friend, I marvel at how much diabetes affects her life. She's best buddies with a type 1 diabetic like me, and she's also an ER nurse, dealing with diabetes emergencies as they enter her emergency room. But in addition to those factors, both of her parents have type 2 diabetes, making her closer... Read more
My name is Kerri Sparling and my favorite color used to be blue, but I think it's slowly transitioning to green. My husband and I have been married a little over a year and we battle regularly against the three cats who somehow came to live in our house. I love a clean car, I enjoy working out (I know - ridiculous, eh?), and I'm... Read more
What do you wish people knew about the condition you, or your child, lives with every day? On April 14, 2008, the diabetes community is encouraged to Raise Your Voice for type 1 diabetes awareness! What can you do? Write about your most challenging diabetes moment and how you handled it. How about when you first explained... Read more
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