“Sweetie was a typical child until she became sick and didn’t know why. After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Sweetie learns how to manage the disease while continuing to enjoy all the things she has always loved. Sweetie’s friends and family learn to help her not just survive but thrive within her new circumstance. Sweetie does not let type 1 diabetes hold her back from living a full and wonderful life!”

Joining us today is the author of Sweetie, Laura Self. Her fiction lets readers see the life of a child dealing with diabetes. It brings a great perspective for everyone to see that life won’t end when the challenge seems too difficult to handle; especially for a child. Instead, this challenge allowed this one little girl to see the good in everything and not hold herself back from enjoying the best things that life has yet to offer her.