A small miracle happened recently in my family.During a dinner at an Italian restaurant, my niece Julia — soon to be 10 — shocked us all by asking whether she could order an adult meal of linguini with clam sauce.The people at nearby tables surely must have wondered what was happening when the gasps rose from our corner of the room.This child has survived more than 9 years on a steady diet of oatmeal, Cheerios, bread and butter, and pasta with tomato sauce (sometimes she eats the [...]
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