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Family…

I do it for me!

29 Apr 202029 Apr 2020
Before this shelter-in-place started in basically mid-March for us in Illinois, I decided that I wanted to start making changes. What did I want to change? Overall, I wanted to…
Diabetes…

I’ve been a mom for a month!

4 Sep 20196 Sep 2019
I'm back and there's so much to tell! I've already been a mother for a month and as surreal as that sounds each time I type it up, it's been…
Diabetes…

Making the Best of a Mental Situation

10 Jul 201910 Jul 2019
Pregnant women do not have a disability. Pregnant women are fully capable of doing things for themselves. Pregnant women are strong; they are warriors. They are bringing the gift of life…
Diabetes…

Success in numbers

25 Feb 2019
As I previously mentioned in my last blog, I'm pregnant. Along with that, since this is my first pregnancy, I've been vigilant and reading pretty much everything I can get…
Diabetes…

Let’s face the fear: I’m having a baby!

26 Jan 201926 Jan 2019
Don't get me wrong. I'm super excited to be pregnant and at this rate, in officially my eleventh week of gestation. Eleven weeks. When they did my ultrasound, they said…
Diabetes…

Remember when 2020 seemed futuristic?

10 Jan 2018
It’s the beginning of 2018 and it’s time to set those resolutions, right!? Not so fast. In an exchange with someone at work, I proclaimed that I’m really not about…
Diabetes…

How to Feel When A Product Actually Works

12 Sep 201712 Sep 2017
I’m getting married in less than a year. If there’s anything that comes along with the happiness and dread you feel planning a wedding, the pressure to look impeccable is…
Culture…

Stop Assuming You Know How I Feel

17 Jan 201718 Jan 2017
Not 24 hours ago did I read a blog post that kind of blew my mind. It wasn't in the sense that I was exposed to something new and life-changing,…
Diabetes…

My Diabetes Advocacy

22 Mar 201622 Jan 2019
I reread an interview I did a few years ago during National Diabetes Awareness Month aka November. Although I felt that it could have been a bit more concise and articulate,…
Complications…

The Drop

6 Mar 201622 Jan 2019
Earlier tonight, after a day of working out and hanging out with my family, I came home to relax and as I awoke from a nap, I realized that my…

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Don’t Stop Tweeting!

  • It's kinda nice coming in and having the new gig you work for get this kind of honor. Not bad! twitter.com/Livongo/status… 8 months ago
  • Thanks for the box of @Splenda and the card! When @dunkindonuts messed up my order and added regular sugar instead… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 months ago
  • And then my #BG won't come down, so there's that, too. twitter.com/kiki416/status… 8 months ago
  • That annoying feeling when you order a coffee with @Splenda and they give you regular sugar anyway! And here I go t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 months ago
  • It doesn't make me selfish to put myself first and I'm not afraid to say, "I do it for me!" Read more on my new blo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 months ago
  • Love thy #frontline #HealthcareWorkers. "The emotional toll of COVID-19 is tricky to predict... When you are worr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 months ago

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