The final topic for Diabetes Blog Week is about Diabetes Tips & Tricks.  The one I have to offer has to do with where I keep my medications and supplies now. Since moving into my new apartment, I’ve taken to keeping all of the medications and supplies that I need every day in the kitchen, in the same large drawer where I keep the silverware.  I know it may seem an odd place, I’ll grant you that, but in my world it makes sense.  Here’s why. The day starts in the kitchen with breakfast.  I have to open the silverware drawer to get utensils for eating.  But before I can eat, I need to check my fasting blood sugar, take…

Ever have one of those days where you have to say a prayer in order to help you get through?  The last several days have been like that for me, and here’s one of my favorite prayers to say during such times.  It’s a bit on the funny side. The Workers’ Prayer Oh Lord, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change.  The courage to change the things I cannot accept.  And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. Amen.