Last year I participated in the Riverside Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk, and I’ve been asked to participate again this year. Kyla, who is Donald’s niece, is the team captain, and basically the person we’re all walking for. Kyla has Type 1 diabetes, which, for those of you who don’t know, is the ugliest of the major types. She has to count her carbs every day, and give herself insulin injections all the time. She’s been doing it all herself since she was diagnosed in 2006. I can’t handle having someone else stick a needle into my arm once a year, but this amazing girl does it multiple times a day. Did I mention she’s only 12?

The Step Out walk will take place October 17, and we’ll be accepting donations until then. I know money is tight for everyone right now.  Trust me, I know. But still, I’m going to donate my money and time, and ask you for donations anyway, because I think this is a great cause. And I couldn’t face Kyla knowing that I didn’t try my very hardest to do whatever I could to make her life better. So I’m asking you to donate to find a cure for diabetes. If you don’t do it for Kyla, do it for your kids, or your friend’s kids, or any adult that you know who has it, had it, or might get it. You could be saving their life, or at the very least, improving the quality of it!

The link for donations is here. A dollar will help, if that’s all you can spare. Every single penny counts. And! As an added bonus, you will receive a personalized thank you card via snail mail (yay!) to show you my appreciation! (Provided of course that I already have your address, or that you send me an e-mail with it. Addresses will only be used by me, and not passed on to Step Out, the American Diabetes Association, or anyone that does not have the name Denora on their birth certificate. I promise.)

Thank you for your thoughts, encouragement, and donations. I appreciate it, as does Kyla and everyone suffering from this disease. Let’s find a cure!

Donald, Kyla & Denora – 2008 Step Out