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Thursday, February 05, 2009

In an interview with Kerri for a Teens With Diabetes website, (the blogger I was talking about in my previous post) she said this.

How do you define "the Real Diabetic"?

The one who isn't sporting a perfect bloodsugar all the time. The one who gets frustrated and angry and admits it. The one who has so much more to them than the disease. It's like seeing your elementary school teachers at the grocery store. You only thought of them in the classroom setting. Seeing what they eat makes them Real. Makes you identify with them. Brings it all closer to home and makes it less scary.

That really struck me because that's how it lays out an analogy of my relationship with God and my prayers. When I pray, I sometimes feel like I need to say everything perfectly, no Singlish and in proper sentences. Everything in my prayer needs to be said perfectly. I came to realize that He doesn't want me to speak to Him like a TV anchor, in fact, all He really wants is for me to reveal everything about myself in the rawest form even though He already knows. I would just imagine it weird if I spoke to my Dad in that way.

It's really silly, come to think of it, considering you're pretending to be somebody even though He already knows the Real you.

On a different note, I'm on a quest to get my LDLs within the acceptable range. It has never seen healthy numbers ever since I was admitted to the hospital. I figured, this would be the year that I finally get it in check. That would mean cutting out the oily food and hitting the gym regularly. My goal is by May 10th! The 10th year anniversary of getting diabetes. I would greatly appreciate your prayers. :)

Rachel wrote in the pages of her life at 6:07 PM

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