makes me smile

it has been my concern for a few years now that j. has to eat the highly glutenous sacrament bread every Sunday. i always told him to try and take the smallest piece he could find so he would only get a smidgen of gluten. however, he would always complain of tummy trouble every Monday. we dismissed it every week, thinking that it was impossible to feel the effects so soon after eating the gluten. i mean, how could such a little amount of gluten cause a reaction like that so soon afterward? doesn't there have to be more than that to trigger a response. well, that is what i thought until learning that i also have celiac's. sure enough, every monday morning my tummy would hurt. i never said anything to anyone and just decided that we would just live with the pain each week in order to take the sacrament. BUT apparently, there are others in our congregation that also have wheat and gluten sensitivities. they aren't as quiet about it. now, the whole congregation is taking gluten-free bread for the sacrament. how cool is that? the last two weeks j. and i have turned to each other and smiled when the bread comes to our row. we smile because we feel loved. we smile because we won't hurt the next day. we smile because it is yummy, soft, gluten free bread!