Have a Bite

Having apraxia has an effect on the things I am willing to eat.  A lot of the foods that I eat have probably been things that I have been eating since before I was apraxic.  I cannot remember that far back.  Chili, pasta, French fries, and cake are my favorite foods.  But I like anything that I have eaten my whole life.

Not having a limited diet means that I am generally healthy.  But having apraxia makes trying new foods difficult!  Maybe that has more to do with motor challenges than with actual taste.

Every time that I try something new --- not even something I have never eaten before but something that I never have had prepared in that particular way before --- I cannot manage to eat it on my own.  I have to let my Mom put it on a fork for me.  All I do is wait and hope that she will notice I am not eating, and not assume I am not hungry.  I am hungry.  I just do not have the ability to use my fork to pick up this weird dish.  It is like there is an invisible force field that prevents me from touching the food.  Have no problem after my Mom puts the food on a fork.  

When I moved to Wisconsin, having to try new foods was necessary, and I got over a lot of my hatred of trying new things.  Hatred is maybe not the right word. Maybe more like inability.  Inability to try new things.

Always eating the same thing that I always have eaten gets boring. Visions of plates of food that I have never eaten flow through my imagination.