Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
There's a bag of Fun Size Snickers on the reception counter at his office, a sweet gesture from a parishioner. The Rev. Mike Eckley leaves them for other staff and visitors, though.
Sharing the candy is thoughtful, but for Eckley, it's also a practice in discipline and good health. The priest, who is pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Omaha, has Type 1 diabetes. His pancreas no longer produces insulin, which converts sugar, starches and other foods into energy.
That means turning down many of the treats that inevitably turn up in his office.
?We're to be good stewards of what God gives us,? he said, his hand wrapped around the handle of a 54-ounce water jug. ?A lot of people here know that I'm diabetic, so they'll bring things that are healthier.?
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131104/LIVEWELL01/131109500/1161
Sharing the candy is thoughtful, but for Eckley, it's also a practice in discipline and good health. The priest, who is pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Omaha, has Type 1 diabetes. His pancreas no longer produces insulin, which converts sugar, starches and other foods into energy.
That means turning down many of the treats that inevitably turn up in his office.
?We're to be good stewards of what God gives us,? he said, his hand wrapped around the handle of a 54-ounce water jug. ?A lot of people here know that I'm diabetic, so they'll bring things that are healthier.?
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131104/LIVEWELL01/131109500/1161