We pulled off another (ok, just our second) major road trip this summer. Using our pop up camper, some friends’ homes, and the occasional hotel, we toured the southeast for two weeks. We were largely successful, in that we all had fun, spent a lot of time outdoors, and I had few chemical reactions. We … Continue reading
I am changing doctors again which, for me at least, can be a stressful time filled with second guessing. (My autocorrect just changed that to streusel time and wouldn’t it be great if every stressful time was indeed streusel time? Especially if I could eat streusel?) I started working with Dr. Grace Ziem in 2009 … Continue reading
I can’t eat dairy, gluten, corn, oats, soy, eggs, shellfish, or nuts. I have to rotate most everything else so that I can still eat them occasionally. There are plenty of foods to rotate; meats, some whole grains, veggies, fruits. So I am fine, as are the people I cook for – my food allergy … Continue reading
Here is a fun truth, which I can only write because my children don’t read this blog; I would be much healthier if I didn’t have children. Actually, it would be much easier to be healthier if I didn’t have children. So possibly there is another TILTed mother out there who is helping her children … Continue reading
I am so tired of food and health problems. And I know when other people ask what I’ve been up to, how I’ve been, etc, it’s mostly those subjects that I talk about since that is what I do with a large part of my time. I have no training, interest or skill in medicine … Continue reading
This isn’t quite a Rant, which is usually directed at some faulty system or bureaucracy. Nor do I have any Silver Linings to share here. Instead I have Mom Guilt. Soul searching, gut wrenching Mom Guilt to lay bare here in a blog. Judge away, I certainly do. I was diagnosed with MCS before I … Continue reading
This post first appeared in I Am Friday. My 8 year old daughter Lelu is a true foodie, a happy omnivore of the highest order. She hums when she chews and we think this has directly resulted in her height which is that of an average 10 year old girl. All of this despite the … Continue reading
