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Hi Again,

I thought of a metaphor to help those without celiac understand the impact 
of our condition.  I know you all understand the frustrations in trying to 
explain our condition but it's more than that.  How do you explain the 
overall challenge and how our worlds have been turned upside down?  Well, 
lately I've been hooked on Andrea Bocelli.  Then I got to thinking that 
although we are not blind our world has become more black and white with 
shades of gray.  

Our dining experience becomes a task; it's no longer easy or can be taken 
for granted.  We know longer see the dining experience like others, 
something very precious has been taken away.  The colorful world we once 
knew is gone.  The world where we never had to give food a second thought 
or where we could experiment and try new dishes or embellish that new 
flavor or sensation is gone.  

This is just a new way to help a friend or loved one understand.  Most site 
seeing people can comprehend a visual picture.  Of course, we don't want 
pity, just a little understanding that our world is now very different.  I 
am very happy that I can see the shapes or objects, the grays and I get 
ecstatic at a glimpse of color or a rainbow (like when a restaurant 
prepares a flavorful safe dish or my local grocer now carries a frozen 
gluten-free dinner). 

Just a different twist on our fate!

Best Regards,
Janet Kline
Charlotte, NC
The Queen City
www.charlotte-celiac-connection.org

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