We have a little boy who has been coming to the SN Ministry here at Stonebriar for about 5 months now. He is absolutely precious and is quite vocal and very artistic. Dane is also on a gluten-free diet like most of our kids. Unlike some of our other kids, however, Dane is very aware of what he likes and doesn't like and will make sure you know his feelings. Apparently he has always LOVED goldfish crackers and seems to have a fixation on them. Maybe he's like me in that when you tell me I can't have something, it suddenly becomes my craving. He tries every week to get goldfish from our volunteers. He tells them that's what he wants (we serve goldfish to our non-gluten-free kids) and tries to get one of them to give them to him even though he's not supposed to have them. A few weeks ago I was in the room during snack time and had to tell him he couldn't have goldfish. He got upset and went straight for the drawing table. A few moments later, a volunteer handed me a piece of paper. She said that Dane told her to give it to me. The paper was a drawing that depicted "No Pretzels" (we give our gluten-free kids gluten-free pretzels). A few minutes later the volunteer handed me another drawing that depicted "I love goldfish".
I've held onto those drawings just aching for Dane and his love of goldfish. I searched the Internet but couldn't find any gluten-free goldfish. I finally did find a mix to make your own gluten-free fish. Today I made the first batch. Hopefully on Sunday Dane will be excited to have his very own gluten-free goldfish.
I write all this first because I loved the drawings so much and wanted to share them with you. I also wanted you to know that there is a good gluten-free goldfish cracker mix out there (Miss Roben's www.allergygrocer.com). Most of all, however, I wanted to let you know that it is OK to go an extra mile for the kids and families you serve. There will be a lot of times in ministry that you'll have to say, "No" because of one thing or another. There are also a lot of times where you can do something a little out of the box that might just make someone feel all that more loved. Since this is the Season of Giving, why not give just a little more?
Friday, December 17, 2010
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