by Bonnie O'Neil | Feb 4, 2020 | T1D and Caregiving
I was no stranger to T1D when my son was diagnosed with the disease at age five. My sister has been living with T1D since she was sixteen years old, and my brother died as he was being diagnosed with the disease when he was just eight years old. I was born eighteen...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Jan 22, 2018 | Farther Afield
I became an empty nester in the middle of a January snowstorm. The snow began falling thick shortly after midnight. Plenty of time to turn black asphalt into a sloppy white slippery mess by 9:00am. Despite the thermometer reading 16 degrees and the sky...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Nov 21, 2017 | Farther Afield
The beauty of the South Carolina sunset took me by surprise. Low and warm and welcoming, I turned my face toward its glow and felt the chill in my northern bones begin to melt away. The farther we journeyed toward my sister-in-law’s home, the more majestic the sky...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Aug 26, 2017 | Farther Afield
Double-buckling up front because there’s no room left in the car! It really began five years ago. Five years ago the first cords holding my heart intact began their inevitable, inexorable unfurling, taking with them what was never mine to hold onto in the...
by Bonnie O'Neil | May 19, 2017 | T1D and Caregiving
Life has a funny way of interrupting our best-made plans. It was supposed to have been a glorious season. A capstone season. An icing on the cake, cherry on top of the sundae season. After working harder than she had ever worked, being in the best shape...