I started a new job recently. I try to usually ease in with my allergies. I don’t want to come off too intense or overly concerned, especially since I’m not either one. I was pushed into telling my new colleagues about them though at my full time job in an […]
Unintentionally, we picked out the same dress to wear to our preschool teacher’s wedding :) It’s the first day of preschool. Over in the corner I see a pretty girl with dark brown hair wearing a blue Alice in Wonderland dress. I decide she will be my new best friend. […]
I was driving down the East Coast from Massachusetts to Florida and back last week. In the beginning of the drive, I had nice, safe, healthy food packed. As the drive wore on, I started getting tired and desperate for snacks. At one of the rest stops in Virginia, I […]
I saw a commercial the other day for Puffs tissues. In the commercial they advertise that they are moisturizing with Aloe and ________. Where else do they get this amazing moisture? The answer is Shea Butter! Yes, shea butter, which comes from shea nut, a tree nut. So, yes, to my […]
This morning, I was contemplating job decisions over a cup of tea at Starbucks. It reminded me of how I would never work at Starbucks because of my allergies. There are nut coffee flavors, nut drinks, nut desserts, and all of which I would likely be responsible to either make […]
I have finally met someone who seems to actually fully grasp my food allergies. Someone who just “gets it” without having to explain myself again and again. It amazes me how well thought-out he is about what we eat and where we eat. He looks at ingredients before he buys […]