Rhyme Time with Type 1 Diabetes

Hello again fellow bloggers and readers I know that I have been gone for quite sometime....AGAIN!  But I'm really hoping that this time I can find some time for myself and for something that makes me truly happy which is blogging.  I have missed you all and I hope that everything is going amazingly in your homes.

While I was "away" our computer and other electronics where hit with lighting therefore we had no internet hence the no blogging.  Also we had our Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes and the We CARA Lot team did amazing, it was a wonderful event and of course we have the best team in the world ( I will blog about this at a later time with some pictures of our great day).  But the big news that has been keeping me away from blogging is that we moved and we have been very, very busy making it our new home.  We still have a lot of work to do but this is my time and I'm going to blog :)

The last post that I left you all with was a collection of poems that were written by Gary Hempleman who had suffered from type 1 diabetes.  After reading them I got the itch to rhyme.  So I thought that I would share something that I wrote with you today.   I have written a few poems and some small book ideas and it is really a lot of fun, once you start it is hard to say that you are done :) hahaha

This poem is a little something that I wrote from Cara's perspective talking to a newly diagnosed type 1 child.

Pssss Did Someone Say Diabetes:

Psss did someone say it, did I hear?

Did you say diabetes is near?

If this is right, if this is true

I want you to know that I have it to

First thing that I want to tell you, the first thing you must know

and this is very important, I really do think so

Listen to me, I want to make this very very clear

Diabetes is not something that you ever have to fear

Diabetes is not a monster, but it is something you must overcome

It is something you need to learn to live with

and it is not something you can run from

It is something you will need to fight

and you must take the time and do this right

Check your blood sugar at all the right times

Learn the highs and the lows and all of their signs

Diabetes is not a game but there is a way that you can still win

Everyday, when you need, take your insulin

You will need to learn to count the carbs in all the food that you eat

and there will be times when you go low and it will be time for a special treat

But most of all, you must be patient, take care and believe

That one day there will be a cure

Just you wait and see

Written by Nicole C