The Partner Perspectives Issue. Partners make living with diabetes easier, and this issue of The PLAID Journal is dedicated to the folks that lend their cares to the well-being of people with diabetes. From family, to friends, to colleagues, to our healthcare team, people with diabetes have a network of people to lean on when times get challenging. The articles in this issue highlight the Partner Perspectives, and provide helpful insights, discoveries, and tips for how we can rely on each other to live well with diabetes.