To Those Who Don’t Know Type 1 Diabetes…Here’s An Unforgettable Insight.

29 February, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2uE0TlBZGc

Please watch and absorb……and bring the Kleenex!

I am in an internet kiosk with my son, watching his scarred fingers trace over the keys. He is oblivious to the pain, the discomfort. MAN! How does he do this? After watching this clip, I feel so alone. The Type 1 Diabetes Community is INCREDIBLE, but the frames of this clip are so simple, yet a replica of my life, my son’ life.

Please show as many people as you can the clip, it is a fantastic educational tool.

So much so that I can barely muster the strength to speak to my son for fear that my voice will break and I will not be able to let go of him.

To all the little pincushions., even if I didn’t live this life along with Lance, you would automatically be my heroes. Each and everyone of you. Your dancing smiles, your arms that are always prepared to embrace. People could learn such valuable lessons about how to live a better life from you.

Poetic. You fight for life and embrace it with gusto.

People who don’t value the blessing of good health could change their life from spending one day with you.

I have the pleasure to have met over 100 kids with Type 1 Diabetes in Australia, and I am friends with a few kids overseas through their parents.

I just want to scream at the top of my lungs how incredibly stoic, brave, heroic but at at the same time so oblivious as to what misery you go through.

Get your parents to give you an extra big hug tonight. Or if you know someone with Type 1 Diabetes, give them a hug and lots of love from Lance and me in Australia.

 

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    Jo said,

    4 March, 2008 @ 7:51 am

    Hi Kate, Thanks for posting today’s video. My 6 year old son also has type 1 diabetes, and that video brought me to tears. When he got home from school I watched the video with my son, and cried again, bless him he couldn’t understand why i was crying. His resilliance inspires me every day. I have read your blog for a few weeks now, it is fantastic. Thanks for posting.

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    Rhonda said,

    12 March, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

    Ditto Jo! Kate that video is a wonderful looking glass into Brendan’s life. I intend to post it on my blog as well. Thanks so much for sharing it.

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