Day 9: Keep Calm and Carry on

Keep Calm and Carry On. Reminds me of that infamous cat image, with the cat and tree branch. Know the one I am talking about, don't you??? No? Damn. Well here is one of the many....

But instead of Hang in there.... or whatever we get the prompt to create our own Keep Calm and Carry On sorta sign. So my slogan or catchphrase with this blog at times when people get frustrated about a high blood sugar or a low is to get annoyed. But in the end, it is only a number. It's okay for it to happen and we can learn from the mistake and try again.

SO....

DAY 7 Health Activist Choice!

I am sooo grateful to have the opportunity to write something very difficult today. Today's prompt was a really hard one to do and it is with great trepidation that I put pen to paper or well fingers to keyboard. Today the writing topic is: Write about what you want today. 

With today being a Saturday, Holy Saturday for those of you who don't know there is something of great importance to speak about today. 

That's right the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg. Now for those of you that read me normally you may very well be aware of my fascination with all things PEANUT BUTTER and CHOCOLATE! Well fascination might not be strong enough a word. Obsession works, yeah I'll go with my obsession with these puppies. 

I sadly can't remember who I was speaking to these puppies about month's ago. I seem to think I can misquote either Sara or Jess or quite possibly Jacquie, but I could have the wrong body completely. "The chocolate to peanut butter ratio on these things is AMAZING!!" Man do I adore these things. I honestly could wax eloquently about this forever.

Sadly right now I do not have any of these. It definitely is not because of my diabetes, because we all know that if foods are properly accounted for, bolused, and thought out, I can eat this. The reasons that I currently do not have any of these things, even though I am sitting here dreaming about them (I need better dreams), are twofold. I ate the pack I had and I wait for the after Easter Sales when discounts abound. Tuesday, I can honestly and without shame say that I am going to buy some low blood sugar medicine at various stores to acquire the discounted Easter Eggs.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!! 

See, this is what happens when you give me free rein over anything that I want to speak about. I probably should have done more diabetes advocacy, but tough pattoots. Have a Happy Holy Saturday and an even more Blessed Easter. I may be taking tomorrow as my first freebie day off.  

The Health Activist's Writers Month Challenge: Day 6 Health Haiku

Oh bother. A health haiku really. Like I need to be able to come up with another type of writing. My bad Facebook rhyming quotes are bad enough.

Diabetes Haiku:

Awake test. Low? High? sigh.
Bolus, eat, the meals not sweet.
Retest! Low? High? SIGH!!!!

This is a day in the life of a person with type one diabetes.

The Health Activist's Writers Month Challenge: Day 5 Ekphrasis Post???

Today's prompt: Go to flickr.com/explore and write a post inspired by the image. Can you link it to your health focus? Don’t forget to post the image! 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hidesax/7042068183/ 

Sorry, I can't actually convince my blog to post this picture here. That is messed up, so here's the link. Maybe I will try to sort this out when I can.

The Ekphrasis post. 


The link might explain to you better what I am supposed to be doing. 


The spring storm image called my name, the hues of blue reminded me of Blue Fridays. The day in which all people with type one diabetes are called to wear blue in solidarity, but maybe also to get people to wonder why we are wearing blue. To be able to advocate for those people who have type one diabetes.


The rain can be symbolic of the tears of frustration we all face in dealing with this illness or condition. the desire to sometimes just sit down, cry, and quit. Yet I don't see that focus. The image of the spring storm, brings new life. It waters the bulbs, seeds, and trees. Things will bloom and come anew. The rain can wash us clean as we start anew each day. Each spring. The rain cleans us. This is what I see. No tears for fears for me. Not this day, not ever. We start again. We are new. We are whole. We are able to live each day as a new beginning.