Author Jacquie Lewis-Kemp, chronicles the battles fought and the victories won growing up with juvenile diabetes, diagnosed at the age of seven. She details tips and techniques her parents and she used from childhood, through college, into marriage, childbirth and as CEO of an automotive supplier. She describes how she managed diabetic long term complications such as retinopathy and kidney failure and offers details of her kidney transplant heroically donated by her brother. If that wasn't blessing enough, eighteen months later she received a pancreas transplant, to best preserve her new kidney with the side benefit of ending daily insulin injections.
Jacquie describes how she parlays her health challenges into a platform for success. Jacquie shares with her readers how she viewed the issues she faced on a day-to-day basis, as stepping stones and not stumbling blocks. She reveals how the regimen needed to control blood sugars within a tight range predisposed her to good self-discipline and time management skills. Both necessary for success in life. Because of of her success in life despite the odds, Jacquie confidently proclaims that she has a Blessed Assurance.