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!