Personal Narrative: The Not So Scary Halloween Party

On January 21, 2003, I went to a prayer meeting at the church. At the end of the meeting an elder in our church asked me to get a vision of Miranda healthy in my head. So, I imagined her at Disney World holding ice cream and playing without any symptoms. In my heart, I wanted to take her to the “Not So Scary Halloween Party” this year and have breakthrough. But I kept this desire to myself. During the prayer I knew God was dealing with me about allowing Miranda to come off her diet. I cannot put into words how hard this was for me. Ultimately, it came down to the question . . . whom do I trust? And the answer was “God,” so I began to feed Miranda bread.

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Immediately, Miranda’s body began to react in a negative way. I contacted Dr.Endo #4’s office with the results, and on my birthday February 10, 2003, they called me back. On the answering machine was a message to put Miranda on a gluten-free diet – another piece of the puzzle. I did not even know what gluten was, but my spirit was excited. I studied and found out gluten is

Miranda continued to gain weight. She went from 78 pounds on our scales to 101. It was discouraging to watch her regress. Many of her symptoms were back. Almost daily, she struggled with headaches. I was peaceful in my heart, but as her mother watching her struggle I did not like the gluten-free diet. The ketogenic diet produced results on the outside of her body which I could see, but the gluten diet produced results I did not want to see. I often said the ketongenic diet “caged the problem” and almost caused it to be a non-issue, except the diet was a daily walk of self denial for a small child. I suppose the reason I allowed the gluten-free diet was because I was believing God to make Miranda whole, and if this was the way then I needed to trust Him over my current circumstances. God had instructed me to trust Dr. Endo #4. I simply had to