MangoTree

By:Hayden

When my mom was pregnant with me, she had gestational diabetes.This type of diabetes occurs when a woman is pregnant and usually goes away after she gives birth. However, a woman that goes through gestational diabetes needs to be even more careful with her sugars because she has two people to think about. Her and her baby. Since my mom had this while she was pregnant with my sister and me she had to find creative ways to get rid of her sweet tooth but keep her blood sugar at healthy levels. She would look for fruits and healthy sugars instead of lots of processed foods. We were living in a house in a small neighborhood in Kailua. It was one story, a kitchen the size of a closet and two bedrooms. It was tiny, but full of love and life.There was mango tree in the yard, and a red fence that surrounded the yard.The tree always had fruit on it and it wasnʻt green mango it was Haden mango. Haden mangoes are the best tasting mangoes on the island. My mom could eat 3 or 4 mangos in one sitting and that is how she would satisfy her sweet tooth.This went from a guilty pleasure to a pregnancy craving to a must-have.Throughout all 9 months of pregnancy, this is what she would eat. When I was born there was only one name that felt appropriate, Hayden.