It's My Diaversary: Today Marks 39 Years Of Living Alongside T1 Diabetes

39 years 

39 years alongside t1 diabetes - I can’t believe it because it doesn’t appear existent - or that long agone - simply it was a life fourth dimension ago. 

39 years  - I was hence footling - diabetes was hence big, nosotros became partners non past times choice, simply past times pancreatic in addition to autoimmune circumstances, in addition to together nosotros forged ahead in addition to proceed to tackle the basis the best nosotros can.

Growing upward alongside diabetes DID NOT ruin my childhood. 

There were challenging in addition to tough times - simply diabetes didn’t ruin my childhood - hence don't you lot dare for a minute mean value it did. 

Growing upward alongside diabetes was.... different. 

There were skillful times in addition to difficult times. There were times I struggled alongside diabetes in addition to times I thrived.

I grew upward (at to the lowest degree inward closed to ways,) in addition to isn’t that the finish of parents - to run across their children grow up? 

Speaking of growing up, I wishing my mom was hither today - because this twenty-four hours is almost her also - in addition to my dad, simply I know precisely what she’d say. 

I would remind her that today was my Diaversary in addition to she’d country something like: I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it’s been 39 years. 

And in addition to hence my mom would tell me I was treatment it good in addition to that she was proud of me.  

And she’d acquire this await inward her optic that ever made me sorry - in addition to she’d country that my sis Debbie had such a fossil oil fourth dimension treatment her diabetes - in addition to that’s what did her in.

And how she was hence glad that I learned to "handle things." 

And I would country “thanks ma,” in addition to hug her tight. 

And I’d silently mean value to myself all the times I didn’t/don’t handgrip my diabetes good - I would mean value dorsum to the times when my sis was hence sick in addition to I was hence angry at the basis ... in addition to diabetes... in addition to Debbie. 

But I would remind myself that similar the lotus, I made it through the diabetes mud in addition to muck, to grow in addition to into mortal who is nonetheless becoming. 

And in addition to hence I’d mean value of my Diabetes Online Community household unit of measurement in addition to all that we’ve been through together. 

And today - fifty-fifty though I’m feeling a fleck melancholy, which is actually effing weird for me, because commonly I’m all almost the diaversary celebration, I volition respect the joy inward everything that life brings me - because I am indeed the daughter who lived. 

***Speaking of the daughter who lived in addition to the adult woman who continues to become, next twelvemonth I volition celebrate forty YEARS of living alongside diabetes - in addition to I desire to CELEBRATE  similar a rockstar.

I desire to exercise something BIG. 

Like actually BIG. Like BIG TOP, BIG - in addition to whatever in addition to all suggestions from my tribe would endure greatly appreciated. 

Lastly, every twelvemonth I brand a listing of positives to score this twenty-four hours in addition to this twelvemonth is no different. So hither it is - 39 positives for 39 years of living alongside diabetes in addition to inward no detail order.

1. Indian Summer Days
2. Jeans that brand my donkey await magnificent
3. DOC Meet-ups inward existent life
4. A drinking glass of blood-red vino alongside pretty much whatever nutrient group
5. pickles every bit costless food
6. Warm body of body of water temps in addition to awesome waves
7. the odor of garlic sautéing inward olive oil
8. Good friends 
9. reading a bang-up book
10. Concerts 
11. Funny Farm Animal Rescue 
12. The discussion “coconut,” because I dear how the discussion rolls of my tongue. It's a happy sounding discussion in addition to also, I dear how coconuts taste. YAY COCONUTS 
13. Warm sheets inward the winter
14. Cool sheets inward the summer 
15. Nailing carb counts
16. Black leather boots, preferably italian dark leather boots
17. Watching/listening to my nieces in addition to nephews perform - Also, hanging alongside my niece in addition to nephews - I LOVE THEM ALL
18. Running into your really outset friend alongside with diabetes xxx closed to years afterwards the fact in addition to picking upward correct where you lot left off - all because of the Children With Diabetes, Friends For Life
19. CWD, aka - Children With Diabetes, Friends For Life
20. Friends children who inquire you lot if you’re “little” or “big,” because they can't tell - in addition to my friends children who pick out acquire my friends
21. DOGS - because dogs are AWESOME
22. The feeling of accomplishment when the DOC makes changes inward the agency others thought people alongside diabetes 
23. City lights
24. Salt air
25. The color Green
26. The color blue
27. The color Red
28. The colors purple, yellow, orangish in addition to black
29. Vanilla baked goods
30.  All baked goods
31. Ice cream
32. Music - across the board in addition to inward all genres 
33. That feeling afterwards you lot acquire from reading someones weblog postal service that makes you lot experience improve in addition to similar you're non the exclusively one
34. belly laughs
35. Great sex
36. Traveling 
37. Hanging alongside my big sis Cathy
38. Martinis alongside girlfriends
39. My friends in addition to family.