Devin LeeDevin Lee-Author & Creator, Chasing the Rat Chasing the Rat was born from a place of both pain and purpose. It started at the same kitchen table where I grew up-where food was love, but also where love sometimes hurt. My family has faced the long, quet battle of type 2 diabetes for generations. It's a fight that doesn't just test the body; it tests the spirit, the mind, and the heart. This book is my way of breaking that silence, of saying out loud what so many families quietly carry every day. There were days when the numbers on the scale or the glucose meter felt heavier than any plate I could lift. Moments of guilt, anger, and exhaustion came more easily than grace. But Chasing the Rat became therapy-a way to turn struggle into storytelling and pain into purpose. Through every recipe, reflection, and memory, I found healing. I found my family again. And I found that the hardest part of the journey isn't just changing what's on the plate-it's changing the conversations we have with ourselves. To my wife, thank you for loving me through the fog; to my children, you are my "why"; to Grandma Ora, Mom, Michael, and Anthony, your lessons are still feeding us. This book is for anyone fighting a battle that others can't see. For the ones who smile through the pain, who relapse but rise again, who are learning that health isn't perfection-it's perseverance. If you're reading this, know that you're not alone. Healing doesn't happen overnight, but it begins the moment you choose yourself. One meal. One move. One moment. - Devin Lee Read More Read Less