Feels like Spring

Good morning everyone! I am posting early today because very soon I am off to college to join my daughter for a Mother/Daughter weekend. Her sorority has all sorts of fun gatherings planned for all of us. When I woke up this morning to a BEAUTIFUL Colorado day my heart felt so full of gratefulness!
Sometimes I need to remember to stop what I am busy with and take a look around to notice the sights and sounds of the day. Try this today.........take a walk, sit in your backyard very still or just open a window and notice that Spring is on it's way....YEAH :)
Here in Colorado the sky is clear and blue, the Rockies have snow on them and best of all there are Red Robin birds everywhere! My college daughter, Lauren said she can hear birds chirping outside her dorm room. I would like to encourage you all as I will be doing today to talk to God and list everything you are grateful for. Big things and little things like the sound of chirping birds! Happy almost spring my friends.....Robin

Milk, blood sugar and blogging?

Today is my first day to blog! I have never even been on someone else's blog let alone create my own, so how did I get here? Well, it all started in May of 2006 when I entered a weight loss challenge sponsored by Got Milk? I've been a yo-yo dieter most of my life,but with 2 teenage daughter's I had refused to ever diet again. My prayer to God was, "please Lord help me to lose this weight permanantly and to be a healthy example to my girl's". The answer came in the form of this Got Milk? challenge to eat healthy, exercise regularly and to drink 24 ounces in 24 hours!
The results were fabulous and I lost the weight, got healthy and was chosen as the first non-celebrity Got Milk? spokesperson! For a year I was treated like a celebrity, doing interviews both in Colorado and Hollywood. My picture was in magazines, on TV and on a truck that traveled across the country! Things changed, however, when I developed a unbelievable thirst for water, lost too much weight and my vision went blurry.
Sure enough my doctor diagnosed me with Type 1 Diabetes and I started taking insulin shots (always hated needles). I am a 4th generation diabetic and grew up watching my lovely Mom deal with her Diabetes. It was at this time that I realized that I will never be the same again and that my life is a precious gift everyday!
I decided to start blogging about 3 areas of my life that impact my day. They are Faith, Relationships and Being a Diabetic. I really hope to be an ENCOURAGER to anyone out there that wants to share their daily blessings and challenges. We are on this journey of life together so let's start blogging!!

Until next time,
Robin