Mum, Chapter Two

And so begins my journey as a mother of a 2 year old with Celiac Disease...

Let me say again, DISEASE- not an allergy or intolerance or choice! 

I became an educator, a cook, a protector, a “Karen” as some like to call it today (and yes that’s actually my name too). I had to make sure Paige would live a healthy life where she could go to birthday parties, sleep at friends houses,  go to dinner at restaurants, attend sleep over camps and ,yes eventually make her own food. 

I was adamant that she would get to have every food she wanted but GF of course. Pasta dishes, cakes, cookies, buns, and her favorite buffalo chicken fingers. I turned every recipe into a GF one. I made her birthday cakes and decorated them - Barbie, an elephant, Post Malone, her college graduation sheet cake and many more. 

I sent back dishes at restaurants, regularly, for the croutons on her salad or cross contamination I witnessed. 

And I was not afraid to tell someone “no she cannot eat your food because of how you prepared it.“ Just ask my family :)

The battle began when Paige was 2, it has continued for 18 years and I know it will always be a battle that I will fight.  She deserves to have someone by her side to fight for her health and all others who have Celiac.