Understanding
Due to recent events, I have found that many people do not understand the life of a Celiac. I am a Celiac and my son is as well. We try to keep our life as normal as possible without putting ourselves in harms way. I think that only another Celiac can begin to understand what it is like the live with this "incurable autoimmune disease." How many times have you felt that the world looks at you differently. As if you are making it up or being radical with what you refuse to eat. My five year old has visitation several times a year with people that don't understand this way of life. Being only 5, he finds it difficult to trust or even speak for himself. It must be hard for a child to want to trust a parent and in the same moment know they may be given something that will make him ill. I try my best to explain to my son that only other Celiacs can really understand what we go through and that he has to find his voice and speak up for what is right, for he is the one that will ultimately pay for what he is exposed to in his life. I hope this finds someone that is in a similar predicament and that may have some in site. I wish you all good health.
Posted in: celiac disease, children, gluten free, visitation on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at at 8:22 AM
