And yet, every one of us with diabetes, whatever the type, is an advocate. We are the face of this disease to the people we come in contact with every day. Most of the general public isn't going to read a diabetes blog, or attend a Friends for Life conference. But they do see me and my son, and they see that we live a pretty normal life (or at least as normal as a family of 11 can get 🙂 ). We have the opportunity to correct misconceptions and educate people on a one-on-one basis as we go through our daily lives. And this is how we'll change the world. Each person with diabetes helping someone else understand this disease, one person at a time.