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 […]
Education Posts
Peanut Assembly?!
Tonight I was in the kitchen making dinner with my roommate when she said in the middle of our school focused conversation, “Are you sure you want to know? It will make you mad and trust me because it made me really mad, so I would imagine it would make […]
Trusting babysitters with Food Allergies
Trusting anyone with your child, whether they have allergies or not can be difficult. For parents who have children with food allergies, this becomes even more terrifying. I asked my mom what her experience was when I was little. She told me for the first few years they used my […]
Educating Your Children About Their Food Allergies
Something I have noticed throughout my city travels, are the roasted nut carts that seem to pop up on so many street corners. Recently, I was in my home city walking down one of the main streets full of shops and people. There on the corner was a roasted nut […]
Allergies in the News
Lately there have been quite a few articles about food allergies in the news. My friend from college who I hadn’t heard from in over a year sent me an article the other day on the allergy studies being done for peanuts. I guess there are some people who will […]
Educating About Food Allergies- The Main Goal
“Waaait, so you are telling me that we use an oil that you can’t eat, but they use an oil that you can eat? So you can’t eat here, but you can eat there? I don’t really understand.” This is what I deal with. People who just can not comprehend […]