I sure miss Summer but I don’t think I am the only one!

Found this new App. the other day and it is great.  I have been having some fun with it.  It gives you logs and reports and is just a wonderful tool in glucose recording.

Today I was cleaning out some paper and such, being January we tend to do those kinds of things.  I can across some notes of old blogs that I had written. One in particular caught my eye, it was one I had written about my friend who just recently passed away, so I thought to help me with the grieving process I would pass along what I wrote about her back in 2007.  It is titled

“DON’T TELL HER I SAID THAT!!!!!!!                        Written 1/12/2007

We all know that support from family, friends, and coworkers is much needed to deal with the daily ups and downs of diabetes.  And even then you still feel alone some of the time.  And I do have a wonderful support group with my family. But I also have a friend with whom I can rely on to snap me out of the bluest  funk  one could possibly slip into.  She shoots straight from the hip and tells it like it is.  She is never nasty about it; she always adds a little humor to keep it light and lots of truth to keep it real.  I think the humor and truth works well even when you are extra whinny.

As you can see I admire this lady for a great deal of reason; one being friends with me, I mean she puts up with me through months of getting prepared for my only son’s wedding  (yaks!!) and she listens to my opinions, gripes and endless stories about my dog. Even more important is I listen to her.  Because when she tells me she has been there and done that she usually has.

She is married to the love of her life, has two very talented daughters and twin grand-kids (boy & girl).   Oh yes she is also diabetic has psoriatic arthritis, and is a cancer survivor.  As I said before has been there done that!!   And she makes me laugh at myself, this disease and all the little trials it has to offer.  I only hope with the passing of time that I will be able to handle my life with all the dignity, spirit and grace that she does.

And Remember don’t tell her I said that!!!!”

I am glad I can across this today it was a nice reminder of our time together,  but oh how I wish I had told her THAT!

Many definitions have been written of what is a true friend.   I don’t understand what makes one person  be  there for you more than the next, to truly understand your burdens and provide comfort.   As we journey through life we have different people  at different times by our sides, but some just distinguish themselves.   I think these are what we could say are true friends.   At times we need compassion and solace and complete understanding from someone that continues to be there even when we are at our worst, perhaps to the point of their exhaustion.   They say they’ll be there, and they are no matter what.   In times of troubles a true friend reveals their true dedication and moral character and amaze you with their devotion.  There is something magical about the bonds of true friendship. It is a blessing straight from God.

Today I morn the passing of my true dear friend.  I will miss the daily phone calls, caring advise, endless laughter and devoted friendship.  Dear friend I have watched you struggle for years with Pain and declining health and was always  amazed with your dignity and grace.  You always inspired me  to be a better person.    I feel as though I am letting you down now by selfishly wishing you were still here, but knowing you are in a better place (running around that block we use to talk about) and I know what you would tell me right now ” It doesn’t away have to be about me me me me (haha).      I miss you, promise me you will make one lap around that block for me.

All I can say is I am so DONE with 2011.   It is not a year I would like to revisit anytime soon.  I can’t say that about all of them but this one is not up there on the times of my life list.    After this year I feel I need to start a bucket list.    I am leaving this year slightly down in the dumps and I wish I could have a positive out look for 2012 but I feel a little fragile right now.  But  I do promise to work on that and get back to my good natured self  sometime in the new year, but for now I will just wish you all the very best of a New Year!

Happy New Year

Greeting all, I am guessing you all have your shopping done for the holidays.  Yes yes I hear ya!  where does the time go.   I am finished with the shopping part  still have the cleaning part to do but my granddaughters said they would help me with things so that will be wonderful.  I have been slowed down concertedly, I am now sporting a beautiful stylish boot, oh not the leather kind or even the kind to keep you warm the kind that makes your life a little piece of hell.

  Lovely isn’t it? the latest in fashion and everyone is adding them to there Christmas list and just wait until you see the outfit for New Years eve I have to go with it.   Yes I finally went to see what was wrong with my foot and this is my answer.  I have a calcium build up on the back of both of my feet which it seems is making my Achilles tendon quit cranky.   This is the 3 week I have been in this and went to doctor yesterday and the verdict was three more weeks!   But he is also taking surgery and that is not going to be a option for me.   He is talking three months off it them three more with this lovely thing and then it may work and it may not.    I have to exercise!!  I have to be able to move around and as I told you before the hospital is no place for a Diabetic!!!    It took me 6 months to get my BG’s back in line after the gallbladder surgery a year and half ago.  No there has to be another way, so I am in search of  a way to make it better without the benefits of  cutting on me!     OHHHHHHHHHHHHH UGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!

  Ok I am calmed down now, I think but rest assured this story is not over YET!

I’m passing this on because it worked for me today…Dr Oz on TV said that to reach inner peace we should always finish things we start, and we all could use more calm in our lives during the hectic Holiday season. I looked around my house to find things I’d started and hadn’t finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u luvum