Today was our monthly support group meeting. I have been leading our group here in Albuquerque for 4 years, and I previously led a group in Chicago. I have been a member of a support group for all of the 22 years since I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Initially, a face-to-face support group was one of the only ways to connect with others with the disease. The internet was only an infant when I was diagnosed in 1995. Of course we had snail mail for newsletters and a couple

Seven years ago, I had only just begun to think about a different career. Back then, food blogging was starting to get big. I had been following many, many blogs for a couple of years but none of them fit me and my family's lifestyle just right. So, like so many others, I started my own blog - Beyond Rice and Tofu. I wanted to show people that you could have celiac disease ("Beyond Rice") and eat well on a plant-based diet ("Beyond Tofu"). I blogged regularly for quite a few