Friday’s Food for Thought is really nothing to ponder at all. I’m about to explode with happiness today and I need to share! Mid August, I will be honored and privileged to speak along side our Nevada Stock Epinephrine in Schools Hero, Senator Debbie Smith, at the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) Legislative Summit in Minneapolis. Our panel, entitled, “Protecting People with Life Threatening Allergies” will address why states are taking action to ensure access to epinephrine in our schools and cities to save lives. Dr. Allan Stillerman will join our panel to provide expert physician advice and interpretation. It is an honor to represent our food allergy community to state policy makers from across the country! I simply can’t wait to make a difference and to eat food on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair. Doesn’t take much to make me happy: speaking to legislators with high hopes of inspiring them to incorporate more life threatening allergy related policy in their home states and eating food that does not require a fork. Life is good.
Lucky me also will enjoy two days of the fine company of Nona Narvaez, President and C0-Founder of The Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy Association of Minnesota. Nona and Laurel Francouer are my sisters from another mother. I loved speaking with them last year at Food Allergy Blogger Conference (FABlogcon) and look forward to seeing Nona for two days after my panel and Laurel back in Las Vegas for FABlogcon 2014. These ladies are thought leaders and advocates that are so brilliant my brain hurts thinking about how their brains work!
Food on a stick aside, I just couldn’t be happier to share with lawmakers our quest and needs for access to epinephrine in schools and in our cities. The opportunity to hold a forum to share accurate, vetted information along side a highly respected physician and legislator is incredible. What a great way to spend a summer day!
Happy Friday!
p.s. It’s my birthday today and I’ll be kicking it off with Cake For Breakfast-I’ll post pictures on facebook!
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!..
Happy Birthday my dear!
Happy birthday Caroline!! Great to know you’re just 2 days behind me!! Thank you for all of your tireless work to educate, empower and raise awareness of food allergies and asthma. You are an amazing powerhouse of information and I count it a huge privilege to be blessed by the resources and knowledge you generously share.
Happy Birthday Caroline & Congrats on the speaking honor. You’ll be awesome as always!!
vr- Duane
Happy Birthday, Caroline! I’m thankful to have great leaders like you to lead the way to better food allergy awareness. Congrats.
Thank you Heather! I had the most perfect Birthday Ever! Cake, 504 plan meetings, more cake, cheese, wine and yet more cake. See the theme here?
You’re my kinda girl. Everything is better with cake. 🙂
Happy Birthday and I’m so glad you enjoyed it to the fullest! 😀
Selena,
Thank you! I really did enjoy myself–still am! Looking a beautiful flowers, balloons and there are allergen safe chocolate cups on the counter begging to be eaten with a nice cup of java. Ah…life is good.