You might think that I’ve completely lost my mind to call diabetes a gift. I’m sure that many other descriptive nouns come to mind, but something tells me that I probably couldn’t print them here. But that peculiar reference has a very special meaning to me.

The Gift of Diabetes is my upcoming book, which is actually two books in one: Book 1 is a fictional story that is, indirectly, about living with and coming to accept diabetes as a part of our lives; Book 2 is my personal story of how a troubled childhood was followed up with the diagnosis of diabetes as a young man. I had lost all hope and was in a deep depression when one good decision and one amazing piece of news changed the entire course of my life. Ultimately, I found a beautiful life that I never could have envisioned or dreamed possible when I sat in the depths of despair, sure that my life was over. So, from my perspective, diabetes was a gift to me. Diabetes got me on track, helped me find hope, conquer fear, and discover one of the greatest truths of all–the truth of destiny!

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