Taking me back in time
This has been a loooooooonnnngggg week. I work for a domestic violence shelter as education and training coordinator - we hold a week-long workshop twice each year. This was my first to facilitate/teach since receiving my promotion in May. Phew! Quite a busy, busy week.
We make sure that there are nutritious snacks available every day for the participants - fruit, bagels, muffins, juice, etc. There are also the not quite so nutritious snacks - chips, chocolates, etc. The days are long - the subject is hard - there is a need for comfort food, too.
One of the participants has gestational diabetes so we saw her check her glucose levels several times through the week.
That opened avenues for discussion, of course. Discussion about diabetes are ALWAYS a good thing. It is important to be open and to share when you find you can help someone grow in their own mental/physical/emotional health. In sharing with others we also can be helping ourselves. So . . . as the kids say . . . it’s all good.
And, speaking of kids - and getting to the title of this entry . . .
I came home a bit early one night this week and popped the tv on and happened to see the Jonas Brothers on Ellen. Hubby and I looked at each other and shared our feelings - it’s like stepping back 40+ years and seeing the Beatles perform with screaming teeny-boppers in the audience. 
The early Beatles - you remember them, the clean-cut youth from across the pond who smiled and charmed all of America’s girls?
The Jonas Brothers are home grown - teens from New Jersey; 19-year-old Kevin, 17-year-old Joe, and 14-year-old Nick.
The reason I’m writing about these young singers? Nick Jonas has Type 1 Diabetes. Here’s his story - in his own voice:
He’s a great spokesman for Type 1 Diabetes.
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