This Saturday marks the one year anniversary of when Giovanni Cipriano left this planet and died as a result of an …
My Pumpkin is Teal! Yours too?
Food Allergy Research and Education has blown Halloween out of the water! This sheer brilliance was the good work from …
Will Your Child be Included this Halloween?
This is a hot topic right now in my household: how to stay included while including others for Halloween. Since this is …
Parents ARE the Change Makers
I have always loved this phrase: boots on the ground! That completely describes you and me. We are all boots on the …
Food Allergy Advocate's Journey begins
Thank you again to everyone who has been supporting my son, Cyrus, on his journey to speak up and out about food allergy …
Food Allergy Haters are Gonna Hate Hate
..hate! Well, I knew it would come to visit one day and it did last week: haters visited Gratefulfoodie. I deleted …
I will not cry…
tonight. I will not cry tonight..... This evening, from 6pm-9pm, PDT my son Cyrus will compete for the honor to speak …
Advocates Gold: Anaphylaxis Summit is FREE
I feel like I've been an anaphylaxis junkie these days: I just returned from the Food Allergy Blogger Conference (I was …
Hello FABLOGCON and Normalcy
Today is the day! I feel like a kid about to kiss my parents goodbye as I head off to camp seeking a great adventure. As …
Spread Allergy and Asthma Info in Spanish!
BIG bravo to the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America for providing a website full of information about allergies, …
Teen Hopes to Voice Food Allergy Issues
Self serving again today! A few have asked to see the 60 second video my son Cyrus submitted along with his application …
Road To TedX: Allergic Teen Needs Your Help
Today’s post is 100% self serving. My high school junior son, Cyrus, learned this week that he was chosen to be one of …
One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..