It's not a case of celebrating all kinds of things, when my daughter was little she almost drowned in a swimming pool, ever since then she's been absolutely terrified of water. We've spent years working on this and with a lot of help we've been achieving small victories over time. Two years ago she wouldn't take a shower without screaming and crying for her life. So for her to learn to overcome it and even ask us to take her to swimming lessons with her friends is a huge achievement. This past weekend she had her first lesson, she had so much fun and it was so special to see my daughter in a swimming pool laughing and having fun. And wanting to go back! So we gathered our family and ordered a big cake to celebrate.

You made a very good point and it's something my wife and I have talked about a lot with my sister in law, not everybody is gonna be accommodating to her needs (she really has celiac btw), sometimes there will be things she won't be able to eat, too bad, suck it up. Funny thing is this happens very often in my house, and the girl has never had a problem with it. She accepts she can't eat certain things and it doesn't faze her in the slightest. The one with a problem is her mom.