by Erin
Gabbing with Grasshopper
Him: What did you say those big kids in white clothes were doing at school today? Typeonediabetesdo?
Me: What??
Him: Typeonedo.
Me: Do you mean taekwondo?
Him: Yeah!
Today we are kicking type 1 diabetes martial arts style! Conversations like this remind me that we each see the world from our own lens. Grasshopper’s perspective is different than mine. Type 1 diabetes is part of his frame of reference for the world. It has been for the majority of his six years of life and will be until, God willing, there is a cure. But in the mean time, we will continue living each day, overcoming each new obstacle, passing the tests type one diabetes throws our way. This is our life. This is his life. He takes each day as it comes and keeps going. Type 1 diabetes is a part of his life, not the whole of his life. Typeonedo!
