At least one of the possible
diagnoses is celiac disease. There is no one on either side of LL’s family that
has this health disorder. Or, at least, we know of no relatives that have ever
had this medical condition/challenge. After researching it, it has been a
devastating scare.
Once they did the test on LL for celiac, TLC and I began to shop for any and all gluten-free
foods we could find. LL is quite the picky—and opinionated—eater. Little Toot.
One day she LOVES a new food. The next day? She’s over it. Not interested.
Nope. "No tank you," she says. (Welcome to the CrAzY World of Toddlers, right?)
Knowing Trader Joe’s had some gluten-free
products, My Sweet Hubby (MSH) and I made a trip to their Ft. Worth store last
Friday. We found a few products we could all try. One that looked particularly
promising was a box of “Snickerdoodles.” Cookies! Fabulous!
Now we’re talkin’…
I took all of the gluten-free
loot we’d found to TLC and LL this past Sunday afternoon. LL adored the Snickerdoodles!
She calls them “Stickernoodles.” She’ll
look at me, as she’s working on a puzzle or reading a book, and say:
“Stickernoodles, Grammy?”
The box has 16 little
soft, chewy, delicious treats. (At this time, according to TLC, there is one sad
and lonesome cookie left in that box.) I think a box cost $50.00.
(Just kidding. I'm not sure what it was for those sixteen delights. There are just sixteen. That's the main problem. We have discovered that gluten-free products ain’t all
that cheap, folks. Sigh.) It really
would make no difference to Grammy and Pa-Pa if that box cost $100. We’d buy
it. We'd sell our home to buy her Stickernoodles. She’s getting Stickernoodles.
Period. End of story.
As we learn more and more
about this mean and confusing condition, we realize we’ve had very little sympathy for and understanding of those who
suffer from this disease. The truth is this: ALL of us could benefit from gluten-free everything.
But there it is. In everything
good and tasty. Double Sigh.
Hope Y’all have a Charming
Camel Day—wherever in the World you are…