Today would have been my grandmother's 96th birthday. This day is always bittersweet for me because I miss her so much, but this also gives me the opportunity to reflect on her memory. I have mentioned that I have a family history of diabetes, but my grandmother never had diabetes. Let me tell you why.
After to watching her sisters, mother, and other family members suffer from lifestyle related illnesses and after being diagnosed as pre-diabetic, she made the choice to start watching what she ate. She loved fresh vegetables, I remember tons of trips to our family's farm to pick peas, and to peach and apple farms. She did occasionally have a small serving of her peach cobbler, but she did it in moderation. I don't remember her eating a lot of sweets, matter-of-fact I don't eat a lot of sweets. I guess that is where I get that from.
I guess you can say she is the real inspiration for my lifestyle change. She saw an opportunity to improve her quality of life and she did it, and I am following in her footsteps. I tell you i am really grateful to have her as my grandmother. I am so happy that she has instilled in me the desire to be better. That is value that I will past on to my children and grandchildren.
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