“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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I shifted in my seat uncomfortably‚ and looked again at the clock on the wall and sighed. Barely ten minutes have passed since I arrived here and I was already longing to go back home to crawl under the covers and just hide from the whole world because everything seemed to bother me‚ the ticking of the clock on the wall‚ the sound of laughter or maybe it was the idea of other people being so happy and full of sunshine and remembering that this was me just a few days ago before I found out that the
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real late. I wander the streets‚ in order to get back home. It was dark‚ cool‚ and very eerie. I must have walked for miles‚ before I got to my street. By the time I got to my street‚ The first thing to cross my mind was “This is Ackee’s fault.” He shouldn’t have let me go grab that stupid burger. It had felt like a century since that happened. I walk in my house. It was a whole lot warmer than It was outside. Ackee is sitting on the chair by the kitchen door. He has this worried expression on his
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My husband (TJ) should have been a stand-up comedian. For the past 28 years‚ my man has made me belly laugh every single day with the most shocking and funniest comments one could imagine. I come from an extra-large family that always has 30 plus people at every gathering. My hubby has a large‚ captive audience that always ends up in tears‚ crying‚ from the outlandish subject matter that he tackles. Six of us were flying back to Seattle from Texas. It was a full flight and we were sitting in the
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teenagers do not have a clue about what they want to be when they grow up. Most young adults also do not know where their path is in life. Even some full-blown adults are still trying to figure out their purpose. I was lucky. I knew exactly where I belonged from about the time I was seven up until now‚ at the decently young age of nineteen. I do not see my path changing anytime soon; in fact‚ I know it will never change. But‚ I did not just wake up one day as a child and know what my path was‚ while that
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I got a call from my grandfather from America after 9 years. When my mom told me that it’s your grandfather‚ I ran to the yellow‚ old phone. When I heard the first words that my grandfather said to me‚ it felt so great that even words couldn’t describe it. We talked for many hours and while talking to him I realized how great‚ smart‚ and wonderful my grandfather was. Then I handed the phone to my dad because he had important things to talk about. After the call was ended‚ my dad told me the best
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were throwing everything away‚ they tear up the cherokee they threw refrigerators‚ ovens‚ tables‚ beds and everything that was damp‚ I have never experience seeing Houston like that. It was my first time seeing that Houston was dying of too much water. My house got about 2-3 inches of rain‚ I was really proud that my house didn’t got flooded or had any damages. At the same time I was unhappy of the people that lost everything they had. There are a lot of organizations that were helping people with food
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"My shoes! These were my favorite pair‚" he groans. Then as if realizing where the puke just came from he looks at me. "Shit‚ this means you have a concussion or something‚ right?" The whole time I am just trying to hide my mortification; I just puked all over my sister’s idol. On what apparently is his favorite pair of shoes. "Um‚ we should go find Karla‚ can you walk?" he asks. I have no idea who Karla is. I’m hoping‚ Karla is the manager who spoke with me earlier and not one of the nurses
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their lives. My mother and stepfather have completely different experiences during 9/11 however‚ that day did affect them as a whole. During 9/11 my parents where going through two different experiences. My stepfather lived in Brooklyn and was still in high school during 9/11. He had just walked into english class and got assigned chapters to read in a book
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