Originally my family had discussed taking on the SNAP challenge. We were pretty hesitant, realizing how hard it would be, but willing to try it.
Then Bryce was sick for most of last week with a stomach bug—he barely ate all week, and his system is still off kilter. I simply couldn’t bring myself to make my still recovering, very stubborn eater stick within the limitations of a SNAP budget. How would he regain the weight he lost and his general good health on such a limited diet? I am very grateful that abandoning the challenge was as simple as not taking it on. What if we didn't have that choice?
Then Bryce was sick for most of last week with a stomach bug—he barely ate all week, and his system is still off kilter. I simply couldn’t bring myself to make my still recovering, very stubborn eater stick within the limitations of a SNAP budget. How would he regain the weight he lost and his general good health on such a limited diet? I am very grateful that abandoning the challenge was as simple as not taking it on. What if we didn't have that choice?
Whenever one of my kids gets a stomach bug, I head to the
store for popsicles, Jello, Gatorade, and soup ingredients. This time was no different, except that I was
thinking, “What if I had already spent my food budget for the week, and didn’t
have anything left?” When the stomach bug then kicked off an episode of reflux,
I felt very grateful to be able to purchase the medication that was
needed and the foods that would be easy on his stomach. I added the surplus Gatorade and Jello to our
donations to the food drive.
I went grocery shopping this week with the SNAP challenge in mind, and purchased several of our dinners within its guidelines. I had a number of thoughts about it, but I see that Val has posted so many of the same thoughts that my list would be very redundant.
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