Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I was very happy to see such a good turnout for the Birmingham Meet - possibly our biggest yet if you don't include the events we have shared with Circle D! 
So many new people and people I have met before and consider great friends. Terrific efforts to attend from so many, with Carol driving close on 600 miles and people coming from London, Brighton, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Hampshire as well as many more local to the venue - thank you! 🙂
Earlier in the year I participated in Diabetes Blog Week, and the topic on Day 1 was 'Admiring our differences'. It was easy for me, as I naturally thought of all the people here who all give so much great support to each other, whatever the problem:
Hundreds of people, thousands of posts,
Which one should I pick from these? Which one means the most?
The parent, child or pensioner? Perhaps the anxious wife?
Or the person who refuses to let it rule their life?
The people running marathons, or those who walk a mile?
The people fighting deep despair? The ones who make me smile?
So many different lives to lead, so many tales to tell,
From happy Pumping Paradise to needle-phobic hell?
All ages, colours, sex and creed, the bald, brunette or blonde,
Tall and small and thin and fat, we share a common bond.
So many newly-diagnosed ? if only there were fewer,
And maybe one day, not far off, we celebrate the Cure!
So many new people and people I have met before and consider great friends. Terrific efforts to attend from so many, with Carol driving close on 600 miles and people coming from London, Brighton, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Hampshire as well as many more local to the venue - thank you! 🙂Earlier in the year I participated in Diabetes Blog Week, and the topic on Day 1 was 'Admiring our differences'. It was easy for me, as I naturally thought of all the people here who all give so much great support to each other, whatever the problem:
Hundreds of people, thousands of posts,
Which one should I pick from these? Which one means the most?
The parent, child or pensioner? Perhaps the anxious wife?
Or the person who refuses to let it rule their life?
The people running marathons, or those who walk a mile?
The people fighting deep despair? The ones who make me smile?
So many different lives to lead, so many tales to tell,
From happy Pumping Paradise to needle-phobic hell?
All ages, colours, sex and creed, the bald, brunette or blonde,
Tall and small and thin and fat, we share a common bond.
So many newly-diagnosed ? if only there were fewer,
And maybe one day, not far off, we celebrate the Cure!
