I have spent years planning my trip to Argentina. Okay, not literally, but it has been a top destination for many years! My love for a country I had yet to visit really began when I found out I had close to one hundred cousins living there. I come from […]
My allergies play a part of my every day, but they certainly haven’t stolen the show! Over the years, I have figured out how to make them have the most minimal role possible. I don’t want them intruding on my spotlight! When you have many allergies (food allergies, environmental allergies, […]
There is a fine line we walk when it comes to being both friendly and confident with food allergies. We need people to listen and be respectful, but we want people to hear our needs and understand what we are saying. We also don’t want to come across in a […]
“Wow, that is helpful! Thank you. I’ll be right back,” the waitress said then disappeared around the corner with my Chef Card. I turned to my friend who was sitting across from me. By now she was used to the happy and generally relieved servers that would take my Chef […]
With another new year upon us, I’ve been reflecting on what makes me happiest and if I am where I should be at this point in my life. Lately I’ve been struggling to feel like my positive, typically happy self. Since I am in my late-twenties, it seems like almost […]
Teacher vs. Teacher- Part II Towards the beginning of the school year, I wrote about how selfish and unkind I had found the science teacher about my food allergies. This was an attitude she had also shown to me my first year teaching in Italy. Now, towards the end of […]
