Speechless!

I have to admit that I had a hard time thinking of a title for this post!  Even before diabetes, Ellee has always seem very grown up for her age and her personality definitely started showing through at an early age!  In the year that we've had to deal with T1D, she has proven to be such a strong little girl - maybe too strong! She has accepted this new path through life with a shrug of the shoulders and keeps moving forward.

Last night she said something that caught me off guard but so funny at the same time! We've become very good friends with the neighbors who have a little boy and little girl who are the girls' age.  Last night, we ate dinner with them because it was their Mimi's birthday!  I made sketti & meatballs with garlic bread and when it was done, I fixed 4 plates and sat them down at the table.  I set El's test meter down beside her plate and called all the kids in to start eating and went out into the kitchen to make my plate. I sent back out to see get the meter and to see what her number was. 

Being pokey like she can be at times, she wasn't done yet.  Standing there waiting for her to finish, the little boy asks her what she's doing.  Consintrating on getting the blood on the strip, without looking up at him she says "I'm checking my sugar".  He accepted that and started in on his plate, but to my surprise, a few seconds later El adds "*sigh* I'm just the kid next door with diabetes!"

WOW... not sure what to make of that!  I did have to laugh to myself and mom laughed this morning when I told her about it.  I think the "matter of fact" voice that she used is what made it so cute and funny.  In a way it scares me that this is making her grow up too fast, but on the other hand, I can't be more grateful that she's accepted this as well as she has.