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Three years ago today I started blogging.
 

It all started with a post about wanting to lose weight and how I wanted to write about my journey. Soon after that first post I started getting comments from a few people who had diabetes and who wanted to cheer me on.

I wrote more. I read more. I found a large network of people with and affected by diabetes and it made me feel so much less alone than I ever did. 
 

In that time I have met 3 of my fellow bloggers, talked on the phone with some, and I am even making plans to have one come over to our home and stay with us for a visit!
 

My readers and the people I read all feel like a family to me. We share that connection of knowing this disease so much better than most and can relate to each other better. When I say, "I feel low" I finally have people that know what I mean.

Not to knock my family who tries to understand. I am thankful that they don't know what a really bad low feels like or when a high hits that seems to come out of nowhere makes you feel terrible. I am glad their feet don't tingle and that they are not worried about going blind. But it is nice to have people to vent to.

Being able to be there for one another is a blessing. Before I was blogging I was out of control. My A1C was 12.5 and I did not care at all about my disease. This community is what changed me. It's this community that helped me start using a pump, encouraged me to quit smoking, sent virtual hugs when I was down, and laughed with me when I made a silly video.

 
This site gave me another place to share my life and my struggles with diabetes. I have met many of you here that mean so much to me as do my fellow blogabetes writers. Heck, dLife even let me be on their show which was about the coolest thing I have ever done.
 

All and all I am blessed to have found so many online that truly understand.
 

I believe that blogging saved my life.
 

Thank you so much.