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Be Your Best Self

Be Your Best Self FROM THE EDITOR The day JFK was shot. Or Martin Luther King, Jr. undone.” His reply: “Nope. We went from idea to 9/11. The day the Challenger blew up. The day execution in minutes!” my dad was diagnosed with cancer. And the day Brad’s sudden death had an impact on how I he died. The day each of my children were born now look at my life, and at that moment, I made and the day each of my grandchildren were born. a commitment to myself that I would live my life For people with diabetes, I know the day they Brad’s way. None of us will know when our time learned of their diagnosis is one of those days. comes, and the trouble is, we always think we have The days and moments that mark our lives. Some time. My parents thought they had time. But Brad— joyful, some scary, and some sad. The moments perhaps because he had already lost both parents where we realize nothing will ever be the same and a brother several years prior—didn’t wait. He TERESA PEARSON, MS, RN, and our life will always be defined as “before this dove into life with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ADCES in Practice SAGE

Be Your Best Self

Pearson, Teresa
ADCES in Practice , Volume 8 (1): 2 – Jan 1, 2020
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FROM THE EDITOR The day JFK was shot. Or Martin Luther King, Jr. undone.” His reply: “Nope. We went from idea to 9/11. The day the Challenger blew up. The day execution in minutes!” my dad was diagnosed with cancer. And the day Brad’s sudden death had an impact on how I he died. The day each of my children were born now look at my life, and at that moment, I made and the day each of my grandchildren were born. a commitment to myself that I would live my life For people with diabetes, I know the day they Brad’s way. None of us will know when our time learned of their diagnosis is one of those days. comes, and the trouble is, we always think we have The days and moments that mark our lives. Some time. My parents thought they had time. But Brad— joyful, some scary, and some sad. The moments perhaps because he had already lost both parents where we realize nothing will ever be the same and a brother several years prior—didn’t wait. He TERESA PEARSON, MS, RN, and our life will always be defined as “before this dove into life with

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