“Diabetes Forecast®, the Healthy Living Magazine of the American Diabetes Association, names Stacey Simms as one of 12 People to Know for 2017.”
Me & Ben Vereen? Are you kidding? What else to say, but thank you!? (Click here to see the issue online)
Thank you to the editors and the committee who puts together the issue. Thanks to Jonathan Shuffield who interviewed me for the issue and editor Kelly Rawlings who informed me I was on the list. You can hear both of them on the podcast this week (click the handy player down below to listen right now).
But really, this is a thank you to you, my listeners. I’d like to say I started Diabetes Connections because I had a singular desire to help people. That I wanted to help newly diagnosed families realize it would be okay and help long-time T1Ds find new inspiration and motivation. Honestly? It’s because I couldn’t stop talking back to my radio.
After working in broadcasting my entire career, the brutal hours finally caught up with me. But when I left my early morning radio job, I found myself talking back to the podcasts I listened to, the radio shows I enjoyed. One day while walking my dog and yelling at Terri Gross, I knew I had to start my own show.
Just over two years later, to have this kind of validation is an incredible feeling. But it only confirms what I already know from emails, social media messages and, when I’m really lucky, in-person meetups. Listening to the voices of our community is helpful. Hearing stories of connection is vital. And knowing we’re not alone is invaluable. I’m here to tell those stories. Thanks for allowing me that privilege.
(click on the big blue play button to listen right here)
Great magazine for diabetes. Thank you for sharing your experience.