My latest article on TravelAwaits was a tough one to write. It wasn't the topic that was difficult to write about. It was having to open up about myself a little.
The piece presents tips on how to travel and still have fun when you are on a restricted diet. I wrote it as a nice, generic piece where I sympathized with those who are on restrictive diets and how traveling anywhere, in the country or abroad, can ruin a vacation if not prevent a person from travelling at all.
All was well until the editor asked for me to make it more personal, bring the story home by relating my own personal situation. Unless you are a close friend or family, I don't like talking about my health only tossing out a casual mention when someone asks me to go with them somewhere like on a hike (something I dearly love, as you know) and I can't due to having a bad day health wise.
But, the editor was right. Opening up a bit personalized the article letting the readers know that I'm there with them and can sympathize. And while my situation isn't as bad as it could be or as severe as many of my readers are facing, it did help me realize that dietary restrictions can be handled properly and traveling is not out of the question. Oh, I still have a lot of pain that restricts my traveling, but food isn't going to stop me.
Here is a link to my latest article, "There's Nothing Here To Eat" on TravelAwaits.
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