Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results. Our lives are ever changing. For some of us it can be visiting another country, graduating high school, getting married, or having a child. I would like to walk you through one of my biggest life altering trial not only for myself but also for my whole family. At 3:45pm on January 18, 2012, I received a telephone call from my daughter Evangeline’s doctor on some blood tests she had taken that morning. As he was speaking to me I understood nothing. It was as though he was speaking French to me. I had so many questions for him. I said, "So she has type one diabetes?” He replied sympathetically, "yes.” Instantly I felt hot tears run down my checks. I thought, “How is this going to transform our lives?” We were informed we needed to head to the children’s hospital for Evangeline to be admitted. I can still smell the sterile hospital as we walked through the front entrance at 5:00pm. They were going to regulate her blood sugar levels and we were going to go through training to learn what we would need to know to take care of her and to live with diabetes. We were told that our stay at the hospital would be anywhere from two days to five days. They released her from the hospital the next day and so began our 'training'. We were educated in things from how to give insulin injections, carbohydrate counting, high blood sugar, low blood sugar and the list goes on. I felt as though I would never catch on. This is not a disease you can just hope goes away if you ignore it. You have to be proactive in your approach. I remember giving Evangeline her first insulin