Re: Church and the diet......

[Guest guest]

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How horrible! I *so* get mad at intentional stuff versus accidental

ignorance!!!

I did find that there is a gfcf group that meets once a month in my

area. I went here and looked:

http://www.gfcfdiet.com/community_bulletin_board__the_gf.htm

So, I will make it to the next meeting-hopefully a playgroup will

already be formed from it.

> In a message dated 6/18/01 9:22:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> laura_j_Luster@h... writes:

>

>

> > Eat it when we are not there. It is cruel to eat

> > stuff like this in front of him. He is too young to understand

why

> > he can't have it, so don't do it. blah blah blah blah blah.

Even

> > after all of this, my SIL was wanting to feed him from her plate,

at

> > OUR house, only just last night. Family simply don't get it.

> > Friends get it less.

> >

> >

> >

>

> ,

>

> There are many of us who have the same struggles. I have a MIL who

refused

> to change her Christmas dinner from lasagna to roast beef or

turkey. Now, I

> know I should expect everyone to accommodate my son, but his own

grandmother

> told me to just " shove the highchair! in the corner and bring some

of his

> food for him " - my son was 2.5 at the time and did not sit in a

high chair,

> lasagna used to be his favorite food, and HE IS A PERSON. So

and I

> stayed home and my husband took our other two children there. This

woman

> cares more about serving the food she wants to serve than about her

own

> grandson. There are many more stories, but that one illustrates my

point.

> Sadly, our children help us realize who really cares and who

doesn't.

> Happily, most of my friends are more than happy to accommodate us,

even to

> the point of purchasing special snacks when we come to visit. They

call me

> ahead of time and ask what they can serve that can have.

If you can,

> try to seek out those types of people in your life and limit your

exposure to

> the ones who can't or won't understand.

>

> M

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