Reasons I'm Thankful for Diabetes

• The compassion my children have learned, and the compassion they feel from others and toward others, is a beautiful thing.

• Diabetes has shown my kids how strong they are and what they’re capable of overcoming.

• The self-awareness that is necessary to manage diabetes will serve the kids well as they begin to understand their bodies as they grow up.

• The need for boundaries. Diabetes forces us to set limits on what we put our bodies through, what we will do for others, and what we allow other to do to us.

• I’m thankful for the confidence that comes from this strength, self-awareness, and boundary setting.

• I’m thankful for science, and abstract thought.

• I am forever grateful for the amazing people we have met.

• I’m thankful for the healers in our lives.

• Because without a diagnosis my family wouldn’t be alive.