M, checking her blood sugar. November is Diabetes Awareness Month. At this time every year, I talk (more than usual!) about diabetes. I do this in honor of my four-year-old granddaughter, M, who lives with type 1 diabetes. Before M was diagnosed in 2014, I thought I understood what diabetes was. In my mind, it was a self-inflicted condition caused by junk food and lack of exercise. Basically, I believed it happened to fat, lazy…