Friday, February 11, 2011

Encouragement (with pictures)

I haven't been blogging.

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I've pretty much been doing everything other than blogging.

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Making Spiderman cookies for my son's 7th birthday.

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The webs are just done with an edible ink pen from Michaels.

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See? Just some curvy-in lines.

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Then some frowny lines - it makes Spiderman look serious.

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And some angry eyebrows.

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Keep going. Angry on top, frowny on bottom.

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So I've been doing stuff.

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But it's just regular life stuff.

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Nothing specifically gluten free.

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But I guess that's a story and an achievement in and of itself.

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I still remember when it took me an hour of reading labels in the grocery store just to find a few ingredients.

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When I felt like I would never eat anything that tasted normal again.

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When I worried about my kids.

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Ahem..

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Guys? Seriously.. Can you just stand next to the tree and smile nicely for Mommy?

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Apparently not.

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Sigh... Just one?

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Good. Fine. I'll take it. Cut. Print.

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Where was I?

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I had a point.

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Oh yea.. Now I remember what it is.

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If you're new to being gluten free...

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there WILL be a time...

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in the not too distant future...

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where you'll barely think about gluten.

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A time when it will be so second nature that you'll be able to get in and out of the grocery store with three bags worth in 10 minutes flat.

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A time when you have to go to your pantry and really LOOK at everything when someone asks you what you buy that's gluten free.

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Because you honestly don't remember.

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Someday someone will come to YOU to learn more about being gluten free.

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You'll realize that you really do have it all down to a science.

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And you barely think about gluten at all.

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It will be sooner than you think.

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I promise.