
Switching Off The Idiot Box!
Television. My latest addiction to be kicked to the curb. Nearly ten years ago, I was depressed. Severely depressed. I was so depleted of energy and life force that I could not get up off the sofa. I

Television. My latest addiction to be kicked to the curb. Nearly ten years ago, I was depressed. Severely depressed. I was so depleted of energy and life force that I could not get up off the sofa. I

Happy Diaversary to me!! Today is my 40th anniversary of life with diabetes. It feels like a really epic milestone. I’m taking a moment to think back to all the challenges, the daily

I don’t know why I have resisted this concept for such a long, long time. It could be that it’s because I’m a night owl. I love those deeply quiet and restful hours of the early morning when the world is asleep and peaceful. Or

When I was growing up, I had a teddy bear called ‘Fete Day’. My great aunt won him for me at our village fete when I was one year old. That day, I received Fete Day… And also my diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. Fete Day was

Having decided to try forgiveness (see my blog post here for that adventure!), I wasn’t sure where to start. I turned to trusted(!) Google to explore my options. The option that jumped out

Having just posted on anger, it is obvious that the next thing I am likely to write about is forgiveness. Unfortunately, it has not been so obvious or easy for me to make that

When I was little, starting from maybe five or six years old, I used to do everything I could to avoid being diabetic. I believed that, if I pretended hard enough, diabetes would just go

I LOVE chocolate. And a nice french brie. And milk on my cereal. And… Well, dairy!! However, the last couple of months have been a great learning curve for me. At 41 years