It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me.
Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

