Our own domain!

Hi everyone;
Sorry for missing our weekly post and lack of social media updates lately. I have been busy, establishing a new home for the site.
It has been a good but slow three years since I started the site and I have decided that it is time to take things more seriously. Over the week, I will slowly move all the content on this site to our own domain which can be found at www.aussiecoeliac.com.au.

Please be patient as I fill the new site with all the great facts, tips and content that you absolutely love reading and we should be up and running  by Friday for hopefully our post on the July Gluten Free Box.

Thank you for following the blog thus far and I hope to see you at the new address.

Ashlee; The Aussie Coeliac.

I Broke.

After 17 years of being a diagnosed coeliac you would think that I'd be used to not being able to eat things. Most of the time it is manageable and after time it does get easier. Then there are those moments when you feel like you did when it all began. My moment was this weekend.

Brody and I went to do our usual weekend shopping. Fresh produce, milk, a quick stop to see what was new in the health food aisle.
He mentioned he felt like dessert so we went off to the chilled desserts section.

That is where it happened.
Not wanting the same old chocolate mousse I always get, I ventured to read the labels of the more interesting desserts.
One by one the options dwindled, when the last product went back on the shelf I felt deflated.

I spent a good few minutes cursing my bad fortune, wishing I didn't have Coeliac disease and then I cried a little before reaching out and grabbing the chocolate mousse.

We got home and I ordered myself a few things from the gluten free bakery so it wouldn't happen again. A few hours later I felt silly but it wasn't silly, it's the reality of what being diagnosed with coeliac disease is. Its hard but with the support of family, friends and even the beautiful people you can find in social media communities, it is better. 

Today my co-worker has gone out of her way to ask and buy me a gluten free muffin from a bakery around the corner, for our morning tea because she is always upset by the fact that I can never eat anything they bring in.

Just remember it isn't bad to have these moments, just make sure you don't let them get you down. Remember that there are more positive moments that you can focus on, like my co-worker today.

Ashlee. xx