Once gluten free, and feeling immense personal improvements, I felt that I could look in the mirror and finally say to myself, “Oh, there you are, Debbie." (I shared my personal journey in my post, 40 Years in the Dark.) As the years progressed, however, I realized that I only found a part of me.
My GPS's redirection became too clear and I found myself diving right into advocacy for change. I'm not a researcher, chemical expert, or in the medical field. My experience is personal and it is life. I thought my sensitivity was a rarity, to be quite honest. But I'm not rare at all. Far from it.
Kids are amazing. Kids are resilient. Kids are strong. And kids want to be independent. When it comes to dietary needs, a major goal we should have for them is gluten-free independence.