As we walked into church this morning the lobby was saturated with baked goods and desserts. The butterflies of anxiety came over me and I reached for Sophia's hand to guide her into Mass quickly. Who would ever know that beautiful looking baked goods, baked by the hands of our community for an even more beautiful cause, could be life threatening? We made it all through church with no problems. I think today someone Bigger was watching out.
Living Organic - the answer for living safely with Food Allergies! We live in a world where everyone's in a hurry, focused on themselves, and food conveniences are valued more than food knowledge and quality. That is just not the case for food allergy families, so in many ways, it's ideologically isolating. For us, peace comes with thinking things through, taking our time, thinking of others (especially how they can affect our wellbeing through food), and learning to "accept the things we cannot change" AND changing the things we can! My daughter's severe allergy has, for me, highlighted the fractures in our food supply from farming, growing and agriculture to transparency in manufacturing, forthright labeling; the platforms used in marketing to the masses, then finally distribution.The whole entire process opens food brands up to a nightmare of red flags, cross contamination, and lack of knowledge throughout these processes regarding food allergy safety. The peo...
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