Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Diabetes Blog Week - Day 3: Stepping out of the box

It's Day 3 of the 2nd Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Today's official topic is Diabetes bloopers....and although Charlotte did share a couple with me (including one serious gusher which ended up staining her classroom ceiling...oops!) I just didn't feel I had enough to say about them. So instead, I'm pulling out the wild card and "Stepping outside the box". Today I wanted to share with you a special piece of artwork....created by my 4 year old daughter, Amelia.

Charlotte and her "D-stuff" - by Amelia

For those of you not familiar, or those who just have difficulty interpreting 4 year old artwork. This is a portrait of Charlotte (see Charlotte's name there at the top...although it looks like this might have started out with the intentions of Amelia doing a self-portrait and then having a change of heart, lol). Charlotte is surrounded by some of her D-stuff on her side...if you look closely you'll see her pump, meter with a test strip (which looks a little too knife-like, in my opinion), a juice box, and her "diabetes bag". And on the other side is "04" which Amelia has informed me is Charlotte's sugar....ummm, perhaps we need to teach her to write more 3 digit numbers (preferably those in the low 100s). And finally, like any great artist, Amelia has signed her work (at the bottom).

I know to some this may not seem like anything special...just a child's drawing. But I see more than that. I see it as Amelia having drawn a picture of her sister and all the things she knows her "sissy" needs in order to stay healthy and safe. If you've ever met Amelia, you know that she is a caring and sensitive little girl who loves with her whole being. She and her sister may fight like cats and dogs at times...but when she proudly presents me with a piece of art like this, it helps to reinforce that she does really care deeply about her sister and that she is becoming one of Charlotte's greatest advocates and supporters!

10 comments:

  1. She quite the artist! What a sweet drawing.

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  2. It is beautiful on so many levels. Thank you for sharing. AND...yes, "low 100's" would be FANTASTIC!

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  3. What a sweet picture! It shows the love she has for her sister, just precious!!

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  4. Very sweet. Siblings can be the most staunch supporters. Way to go Amelia!

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  5. So sweet!!! My compliments to Amelia!

    A gusher that stained the ceiling? Wow! That's quite a gusher!

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  6. So.totally.love.it!! How sweet of her to make sure to have all of the necessary D things!

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  7. It is special... and so sweet!

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  8. That is so sweet! You can tell how much she really loves her sister. That picture is definitely a keeper!

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  9. I knew what everything was the moment I saw the picture. I think it's beautiful and so touching. A little bittersweet that she included all of the D supplies but so wonderful to see how much she loves her sister.

    Beautiful.

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  10. What a special drawing this is - it makes me smile and still somehow brings a tear to my eye!! But LOLing at the blood sugar number - yup, we need to get a 1 in front of that 04!!

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