Amanda Seymour

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis took over my life.

But not as much as Diabetes did.

I lived day to day, off of shots.

I had many enemies come and go.

It seemed that my best friend in the whole world was my medicine.

Doctors approached me, and concluded that I was simply weird.

They did not know if JRA or Diabetes were the cause of my problems,

Or if I had a new discovery taking over my body.

I lived my life full of fear.

My biggest fear was that I would not react to my "friend."

As time went by there was one day

That I did react to my "friend,"

For it could help me no longer!