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 […]
Whether you are a parent, child, or teacher, the beginning of the school year is always a hectic time! Since September is the time of year that everything commences after summer, it always feels like I blink and the month is already ending. Now that we are at the end […]
“Hey, what did you put in the sauce?” I asked my new boyfriend, as we sat down the other night to eat dinner that he had just prepared. “I put tomato, onion, garlic, olive oil, etc… and fish oil of course,” he said jokingly. There it was…the allergy joke! Throughout […]
“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 […]
This morning I woke up from a terribly scary dream to realize that part of it was a bit real. In my dream, the building was on fire and it was hard to breath around the smoke. When I woke up, I could feel the tightness in my chest and […]
