Two decades of disease, celebrated with cake

March 26, 2026 @ 7:28 amColumns, Editorials, Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

A chocolate cake, made by the owners of Impressions Bakery Café and Juliette’s Sweet Shoppe in Listowel, for my 20th “diaversary”. (Nicole Beswitherick photo)

Friday, March 20, 2026 officially marked 20 years of me living with type one diabetes (T1D). And yes – I got a cake. A personalized one, actually. Because if you’re going to celebrate two decades of doing your pancreas’s job manually, you might as well make it official. And before you ask … yes, I…

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