For my loyal readers, this is a brief explanation of Diabetes Blog Week as stated by the originator Karen Graffeo:<\/p>\n
Two years ago\u00a0I had an idea\u00a0for a week when diabetes bloggers could unite and give our views on a set topic each day.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in joining Diabetes Blog Week but the\u00a0response was overwhelming\u00a0and the whole week\u00a0turned out more awesome\u00a0than I ever could have imagined!!\u00a0 Many asked if this would become an annual thing, so\u00a0last year we did it all again.\u00a0 Even\u00a0more bloggers participated\u00a0the second time around and it was\u00a0another great week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is my first time participating in Diabetes Blog Week. I am not usually a joiner, meaning I don’t jump in and join new things right away. I usually sit back, take it all in, and then decide with what, if anything, I am going to do about the new information.<\/p>\n
The first topic is Find a Friend. The idea is to write a blog about other blogs that we read about diabetes.<\/p>\n
As I hang my head in shame, I am embarrassed to tell you, I do not read many other blogs on a regular basis. I have my diabetes home, which is www.type1parents.org<\/a>, and that is where I live, but that is not a blog. I reside in this website and gain insight into this annoying disease through the experiences of others in my family over there. I know it seems odd to write about a website using the words home<\/em>, reside<\/em> and live<\/em>, but that is how I feel over there.<\/p>\n
It is a safe place for me to fall when diabetes breaks my heart. It is a funny place for me to share when diabetes is the butt of a joke. It is the cheering section of my life when we get one-up on diabetes. It is the warmest place for me to spend my cold nights when I am up checking sugars until the sun rises. It is the place where I know people have my back when diabetes tries to be a big stupid bully. It is my home.<\/p>\n
Through the wonders of facebook though, I have been lucky enough to learn about one mom’s blog,\u00a0http:\/\/www.d-mom.com\/\u00a0<\/a>D-mom Blog The Sweet Life with a Diabetic Child. While the author may not know me or my blog, I have reached out to her in the past via her blog and email regarding some diabetes questions. Like I said before I am not a joiner, I have my few people that I trust regarding diabetes, and that is usually it. But when I felt like I needed a bit more then my group, I sought out some help. I received that help from this blogger, and for that I will be forever grateful.<\/p>\n