Confessions of a Donut Less Diabetic by James Lott Jr

Story by James Lott Jr
Read by James Lott Jr
Music by James Lott Jr 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Welcome to the Really Short Story Podcast. I'm James Lodd Jr.
Reading Confessions of a donut Less Diabetic by James Jr.
I used to have a thing with donuts. Okay, it
wasn't a thing. It was a relationship. They understood me, glazed, sprinkled, jolly, failed,

(00:56):
They didn't judge, They just completed me. Then came a
diagnosis diabetes. The word itself felt like a breakup text
for my own body. It's not you, it's sugar. We
just can't be together anymore. I remember starting at that

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pink box in the bakery like it was an ex.
I still had feelings for my heart said go ahead,
just one bite, but my glucose minors screamed, don't you
dare so. Now I'm that person who walks past donut
shops like their dangerous exes, keep my eyes forward, pretending
I'm fine, while secretly inhaling the smell like its therapy.

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The first week was rough, everere. I went. Someone was
offering donuts, work meetings, donuts, church brunch, donuts, a random
Tuesday afternoon donuts. It's like the entire world had inspired
to tempt me. Meanwhile, I'm over here pretending my sugar
free yogurt is just as good. It's not. Don't even

(02:06):
try lie to me. I swear I've developed a donut radar.
I guess about a Krispy Green box from two blocks away.
My brain lights up like a Christmas tree every time
I see powdered sugar. But eventually I found peace, sort of.
I discovered almond flour donuts. Notice the quotes on donuts

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because they're not donuts. They're secular disappointments. Mascuating its dessert.
Made them anyway because they don't mess with my blood sugar,
and well, my imagination is strong. Sometimes I sit with
a cup of coffee, close my eyes, pretend I'm biting
into the real thing. For five seconds. It's glorious. Then

(02:52):
I wake up to taste of something that could pass
for a sweetened cardboard. But here's the thing. I'm missed
donuts deeply. But I also like being alive, seeing my
grandkids and not having to explain why faint hit an
aisle five at the grocery store. So I'm learning to
find joy and moderation, humor and frustration and pride and

(03:15):
saying no thanks, I'll have. It's still Every once in
a while, I look about the sky and whisper, Lord.
When I get to heaven, please make sure there's a
donut waiting for me. I'm James Nott Jr. This is
a really short story podcast. Every Saturday, new short stories,

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really short stories. Bye.