by Reed Garrett | Aug 17, 2021 | Friends & Family, Gratitude, Nutrition
Candy such as jelly beans, sugar babies, lifesavers, and tootsie pops. Candy bars including Snickers, Butterfingers, and Baby Ruths. Soda drinks like Coke, Pepsi, RC Cola, and Dr. Pepper. Sugared cereals like Captain Crunch, Sugar Pops and Smacks. These were the...
by Reed Garrett | Jul 9, 2021 | Friends & Family
26 years ago today Kendra and I tied the knot in St. Louis. I am so grateful for our love and relationship. I am honored to be married to her, her kindness and generosity, patience (especially with me) and difference she makes with our family and others. Honey,...
by Reed Garrett | Jul 4, 2021 | Friends & Family, Uncategorized
Came home from work on Friday not feeling well. Went out to dinner with Kendra, Connor and the Groovers. I wasn’t hungry, split a reuben with Connor and barely ate my half. Came home and didn’t feel right. Blood sugar was 255 – and I don’t do...
by Reed Garrett | Feb 13, 2021 | Friends & Family
Living life with diabetes has been better when family was close. This includes the first fifteen years of my diabetes when I lived at home before graduating from high school. By today’s standards, those years of managing diabetes were primitive (one shot a day, no...
by Reed Garrett | Feb 7, 2021 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
My one sibling, Jennifer, is two years younger than me and was 18 months old when I was diagnosed. Growing up, we were a tight family and did things together. So it’s fair to say that she also lived with my diabetes. This included observing my morning insulin...
by Reed Garrett | Jan 15, 2021 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
Both my Mom and Dad were there for me as I grew up living with diabetes. This was the 1960’s and 70’s and my Mom mostly stayed home with my sister and I, while my Father worked. My Dads work didn’t require much travel, so he was there for us every day. He encouraged...
