These concession stands typically offer up the bunless burger and questionable French fry option for a person with a gluten intolerance, but my celiac decided on some sort of fruit and yogurt smoothie for lunch.
Wingman: “Why didn’t you get the gluten-free cookie?”
Celiac: “What
gluten-free cookie?”Wingman: “The cookies right on the counter, right next to the cash register that say in really huge letters “GLUTEN-FREE.”
Now you have to use your imagination to conjure up the
man/boy voices and teenage intonation on this dialogue. But, the short version of the long story, is
that my celiac went back up to the concession stand counter to check out the cookies and right where his
buddy described was a display of packaged gluten-free cookies.
He was so focused on going through the menu up on the board
to figure out what he could and couldn’t eat that he didn’t even see the
gluten-free option right under his nose.
His friends have known about his dietary restrictions for so long and they
understand it to the extent that their 13 year old teenage brains allow and they
are actually incredibly helpful to my son.
The moral of the story is that it is never too early to develop
your dietary wingmen.
Kendall Egan
4 comments:
It the little things like these that help show who your friends are. He's a lucky guy to have a wingman like that.
It the little things like these that help show who your friends are. He's a lucky guy to have a wingman like that.
My teenage son recently took a ten day trip to the UK with his school band. Worried I was. Son did just fine and his wingmen helped him out as well. I told him it is good to let your close friends know about your food allergies and your celiac.
My teenage son recently took a trip to the UK with his school band. Worried mom. Son..not so much ...he managed, he read labels, he asked questions and his wingmen helped him out. His Band Director told me I should be proud of him; he said he was very careful in his choices.
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