Sweet Child O' Mine..... Where Do We Go From Here?

Interesting Project

Diabetes 365 is a project on Flickr where participants post a daily photo of their T1D experience. The point being, to provide a more "balanced" image of T1D than the marketing imagery.

Check it out here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/mydiabetesathome/

I don't have the time to commit to 7 pictures each week, so I'm passing on joining the project. However, that being said that I don't have time, I did run out and get a picture today. I'll post them here instead of Flickr, because, again, I'm not sure how long my commitment will last.

This image here is Rowan (7) charging around outside trying to avoid me, after calling her in for a morning snack. It's hard having to pull them away from the escape of play and the magic of imagination, and have them deal with reality. Yet we do so several times daily.

Love you Rowan!

Rowan Withdrawl

Well the girls are both with their Dad in the big city for the weekend. I find it difficult caring for Rowan everyday, and then it suddenly stops once a month for a weekend. I miss them both terribly, but I have more concern about Rowan's medical well-being. Not knowing what her glucose numbers are leave me feeling disconnected and unsettled. Is she feeling alright? Does she have the purple circles under her eyes? When did she last eat? Did she sleep alright? Is she being over active or under active? What is her magic number right now?

It gets me realizing that Rowan and her glucose have very much in the last few months become a compass by which I gauge our every hour of every day. Not having my little compass here with me makes me feel lost in the woods, uncertain of the correct direction to return to the sunlight's warmth.