by Reed | Mar 30, 1986 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
I met Dave in Kansas City the summer after graduating from college. We both moved to Kansas City for jobs after graduating from different places. I was coming home after four years in Manhattan, KS, and Dave graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO....
by Reed | May 21, 1982 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
I met Dave in the Spring semester of my freshman year at Kansas State University. During his senior year of high school, he was a Kansas City All Metro football player and chose to play at a small college during his freshman year of college. A semester of that was...
by Reed | Jun 30, 1976 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
I met Chris Rossie in high school at Shawnee Mission South after his dad was transferred from Dallas to Kansas City. Chris was an unusually talented guy – bountiful in academic and athletic prowess. And he excelled at both. He became our starting shortstop in his...
by Reed | Jun 30, 1967 | Friends & Family, Gratitude, Nutrition
Candy such as jelly beans, sugar babies, lifesavers, and tootsie pops. Candy bars including Snickers, Butterfingers, and Baby Ruths. Soda drinks like Coke, Pepsi, RC Cola, and Dr. Pepper. Sugared cereals like Captain Crunch, Sugar Pops and Smacks. These were the...
by Reed | Jun 28, 1961 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
My one sibling, Jennifer, is two years younger than me and was 18 months old when I was diagnosed. Growing up, we were a tight family and did things together. So it’s fair to say that she also lived with my diabetes. This included observing my morning insulin...
by Reed | Sep 27, 1932 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
Reflecting on the first 20 years of my diabetes, I sometimes wonder how I made it. Much of the credit goes to my Mother. In many ways, she lived diabetes with me. There’s not much a three-year-old can do to manage diabetes. So, that’s where my Mother stepped in. She...
