The Jules Diaries

Hello Blog! Please note portions of this post have been adapted from my mothers blog, Getting Stitched on the Farm. Nearly three years ago I was browsing through shelves of books and movies at my local library when something intriguing caught my eye.  It was a book with white and blue binding. I picked it up off the pile and took a good long look at it. It was a book with a girl on the cover probably about my age and a very adorable regal looking dog (a labrador retriever to be precise). I read the title for the book:  Elle and Coach . So I thought to myself: “Well, isn’t that adorable?” After a minute I then noticed something else that caught my eye about the book. It was the subheading below that I didn’t notice right away. It read: “Diabetes, the fight for my daughter’s life, and the dog that changed everything." I read it again. Yes, it was about   diabetes . I instantly knew that it was fate that I found this book (or was it the book that found me?). I sat d...

Hi Everyone! I Wanted to share some exciting news with you all. I have just launched my new YouTube Channel  and the first video is live now! I can't wait to see where this new chapter in my life takes me and I am excited you are along for the ride. I am looking forward to sharing tons of interesting content on my channel (as well as my other socials ). Beyond my experience with diabetes and hydrocephalus, I would like to talk about fashion, recipes, book reviews, chit chat, get to know you all, and so much more. I hope you enjoy it.  All the best,  Jules

My name is Julia or "Jules" for short. I am so excited to have the opportunity to start this blog. I have wanted to start a blog for a very long time, but it wasn't until recently that I decided to go for it. Now I'm asking myself why I waited so long? I say if you have the dream, don't just sit there and mull it over like I did...reach for the stars and go for it. I decided to start a blog for many reasons. First of all because I love to write. But my reasoning goes so much deeper than that. I want to inspire people and change the world. I have not had the easiest life. I was born with a neurological condition called hydrocephalus. The doctors were not sure how long I was going to live - or if I lived what my quality of life would be like. What happens when you have hydrocephalus is that there is a build up of cerebral spinal fluid in the brain and it causes the head to enlarge. When I was three days old, I had my first of many brain surgeries. The neurosurgeon...