I know I am early, but I wanted to be sure that I added my little piece of art to participate...(maybe even get the chance to win the No-sugar Added Poetry book).
Thank you to Lee Ann Thill for coming up and promoting this idea. It was fun. I was not really expecting it to be a cathartic process, but it was. I am sure you all know who she is, but in case you don't she has a blog called "The Butter Compartment".
Here are my details:
Name: Christine
Age: 36
Type 1
Diagnosed: 28 years
Title: My Thoughts on My Life
The Meaning of My Art
Is nothing spectacular, just a collage of words that jumped out at me that somehow takes meaning in my D-Life. On the right are photos of the two greatest joys in my life: my daughter Laila (9yrs) and my son Yusuf (4 1/2yrs) and they remind me that all I endure is worthwhile. On the left I put the 50 year gold medal coin, that I hope I can achieve...God permitting...without fear, and with the courage to live a full life. Under the coin I put some of the things I feel and some of the things I go through as a diabetic. In the middle I have put a peace sign, because I truly hope that with a balance of faith, family, friends and healthy living I can find peace in the middle of what seems like a mountain of chaos that happens within me. But the last line at the bottom: "Diabetes is the just the beginnig" is something that I need to remind myself of once in a while. That my diagnosis was not the end of me, but the beginning of a journey that possibly has the same destination that I had set out on.