Don’t Diabetes -- LIVabetes!®

In 1998, I was diagnosed with type I diabetes. Motivated by fear, I obeyed all of the doctor’s orders but by the end of each day, I was completely exhausted. I was left feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, angry, and powerless.

Although I was surviving, I wasn’t really living. Fortunately, I thrived on a good challenge. I knew diabetes had its limits, but so did I! I wanted to feel alive again. I wanted a cure. If not for diabetes, then at least for the despair.

The truth is, diabetes wasn’t ruling my life; fear was. More specifically, fear of death. I didn’t know anything about death, so I decided to consult a much higher source. I prayed for hope, for understanding and for a box of sugar-free Yodels to fall from the sky.

By my one-year anniversary with diabetes, the box of Yodels hadn’t yet fallen from the sky, but inspirations on living suddenly were. The first one came in the form of a question: Die-a-betes or LIV-a-betes? Flashes of inspiration kept coming from the great Glucose Goddess (sm) in the sky. Before I knew it, I had received over 200 messages. I hadn’t changed a thing, but these messages were definitely changing me.

Thanks to diabetes, I have gained a new appreciation for LIVing. I now live my life with more passion, more joy ... and more chocolate! My new LIVabetes® ATTITUDE may not guarantee me a longer life, but it has meant a happier one! And while I may not yet have won the war against diabetes, I am winning my peace with it!

LIVE is a verb!
Livabetes® is an ATTITUDE!

~ Laura Menninger

This is just a taste of Laura’s empowering and delightful outlook. For all of her glorious details, please read Laura's story.