#DBlogWeek: Accomplishments Big and Small.

Today's prompt: We don’t always realize it, but each one of us has come a long way since diabetes first came into our life. It doesn’t matter if it’s been 5 weeks, 5 years or 50 years; you’ve done something outstanding diabetes-wise. So today, let’s share the greatest accomplishment you've made in terms of dealing with your (or your loved one’s) diabetes. No accomplishment is too big or too small - think about self-acceptance, something you’ve mastered (pump / exercise / diet / etc.), or making a tough care decision (finding a new endo or support group / choosing to use or not use a technology /etc.).

Twenty seven years is an awfully long time.

• It's as long as Carly Rae Jepsen has been alive.
• It's the amount of time the world has had to wait for peanut butter-flavored Pop Tarts to make a come back.
• It's how long ago the movie Top Gun was released.
• It's the age at which musicians should probably make sure they have a life insurance policy.
• If you own a Chevy Volt, it's how long you'll have to wait to break even.
• In that time, you will (on average) blink 216,000,000 times, take 170,294,400 breaths, and your heart will beat 1,135,296,000 times.

How many situations that most would consider "bad" could happen in that time? How many times might a person become discouraged, frustrated, or angered? How many life-altering events might happen? How many reasons might life give you that could justify giving up on your optimism?

My greatest accomplishment is that, after all these years, I am still holding on to mine.

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