Christmas Eve Planning

So, my best friend's husband called me last night.  He's cooking a Christmas Eve feast, and since yours truly is invited, he wanted to go over the menu with me.  What an awesome guy, right?

Well the conversation started out with "So, what can you eat?"  What a loaded question.  I can eat tons of things.  I pretty much told him that.  So he followed up with, "OK, well then what can't I cook with?"  Another loaded question.

I tried to break it down for him, so folks it goes a little something like this...

Thanksgluten... I mean Thanksgiving

Yeah, holidays kind of sucked for a long time.  When you're initially diagnosed with Celiac Disease, you go through this semi-denial phase where you still go to the bars and restaurants and dinner parties.

I was going to "Thirsty Thursdays" - a weekly tradition in my office - with all of my coworkers; and drinking things like Rum and OJ *gag* when I used to be a beer and whisky girl.  I would go to restaurants and dinner parties and eat nothing but salad, and end up cross contaminated anyway.

Taking Care of Yourself First

One of my friends posted a message on Facebook to her loved ones that she was trying to do her best to help others in her life, but that she needed to take some time for herself.  She said she hoped they understood.

Almost everyone replied back with messages telling her that if she didn't take care of herself, she would be no good to the folks she was trying to help out and that they understood.  One of the people replied to her that "Anyone who doesn't understand this isn't worth keeping around."