It has taken several weeks for me to work up the courage to write this post. This is a very personal post, and it somehow seems fitting that as we celebrate all of our Type 1 Tough Athletes with such vigor - we also do something to raise awareness. And that we do so with honesty, revealing the very personal, very hard, very heartbreaking, extremely stressful aspects of this autoimmune disease as it feels to those of us living through it.

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Who is the most important player on the softball field?

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A must read! The most important take away from school ball, that most players cannot get from travel ball!

Being a sports parent is hard, right? So today - some repentance for the 5 times I really sucked at being a sports parent. And we want to hear about your less than stellar moments too!