I’m trying to not be biased, but this is utterly impossible with Allergic Living’s Spring 2014 issue. MILK in the School, is by far, one of the most well written articles that sums up the school milk allergy challenge while at the same time offering solid, vetted and clear advise. I’m biased since I’m personal friends with author Alisa Fleming (senior editor and author of Go Dairy Free website), in addition to admiring her work. I had been following Alisa for years before I learned she lived in my town and became a dear friend. The bias does not stop there. I’m also a huge Kelly Rudnicki fan (her cookbooks sit on my shelves and I’ve enjoyed getting to know her better through our food allergy blogger world) and I look to Gina Mennett Lee, food allergy consultant and educator (former teacher as well) as a mentor and educational guru. See where I am going with this? A power house of women resulted in a don’t miss milk allergy article.
There is just no avoiding my bias. I always savor my newest issues of Allergic Living and only read it when I can sit back and truly relax and enjoy with a hot beverage and preferably some sort of vegan, nut free chocolate treat. When I read Allergic Living, I feel normal and part of a larger community that is finding solutions. Allergic Living magazine, to me, is hope on paper. I love the ads, recipes and articles that all speak to me and my life.
Also in the Spring issue: The 10 big pollen questions; a teen with celiac disease takes on Mt. Kilimanjaro; and allergy-safe recipes – from soups to spring chicken and gluten-free strawberry tart. Allergic Living is nationally distributed in the US and Canada for those of us living with food allergies, asthma and celiac disease. It is available by subscription and on newsstand at Whole Foods Markets in most of the U.S. (visit: http://allergicliving.com/where-to-buy).
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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!..
Thank you SO much Caroline! You are such a sweet and amazing advocate!!
We’ll see you at the fundraiser this weekend – Tony is volunteering, too!!
Wahooo Tony! Alisa, we may need to get an Alisa the Great tee shirt…Gina started it!
I completely agree! I thought this was one of their finest articles and that is saying something, given the high caliber content I am used to finding in this publication. Alisa is the Dairy-Free Queen! I also look forward to having a peaceful moment to pore over my issue when it arrives. Before it arrives, I anxiously check and re-check the mailbox like an excited child! My daughter feels the same about her Highlights magazine and when I get my Allergic Living issue, it’s the “highlight” of my week. 😉
Selena,
I’m exactly the same!!! I keep checking the mail box and then I wait. I feel so goofy, but there is such a feeling of community that pours out. Okay, why can’t we live in the same town? Then we could sit together with our tea and coffee and read on!
p.s. I saw Emily Reese yesterday and gave her one of the Trust Your Journey necklaces–she is so incredible and inspiring–cancer has brought her so many gifts that she happily shares. It’s humbling.
To be honest, I’m waiting for the move to no food at school, period. That would mean a longer day with a lunch break that happened at home, but I am wondering when it will be suggested. That, or the end of brick and mortar schools and the move to online only schools. It is, by far, the safest thing to do for kids with severe food allergies, but I’m wondering if it is the wisest. If we seclude during meal times, do we really teach compassion and understanding? What are we teaching if we keep the food allergic at home all the time and don’t take them out in public? I guess this is the “devil’s advocate” part of me, but I also would like to know answers to those questions. I think, along with the safety issue, we want to teach respect and genuine care for all. This is what I think is lacking in schools, more than anything else. If you have a kid with a food allergy in the school, it is the school’s DUTY to make the school safe for that child just like they do for every other child there. It is in their handbooks, for crying out loud. Just because it is a “non-normal” safety thing does NOT negate the right of the school to protect. And it doesn’t matter what any of the other parents think about it because it is a SAFETY issue. Again, this is beating a dead horse, if you know what I mean, but I just simply cannot understand the lack of compassion in some schools and with some people. It completely blows my mind. On a side note, Caroline, does Allergic Living have an email newsletter with their articles in it that I can sign up for?
Julie, Allergic Living Newsletters are really wonderful–very up-to-date! Just visit their website and you’ll see the sign up in the upper right hand corner: http://allergicliving.com/. Today on the website are article’s about Miley Cyrus’ allergic reaction, etc. One of my favorite things about Allergic Living is that they FACT CHECK. I truly trust they have done their homework and I appreciate that!
I would love to see no food celebrations at school in general. Overall, we need to feed those little munchkins, but we’ve oddly moved our focus from our true educational issues over to food. I wonder if parents are simply feeling out of control with our educational system and this is their response? To try to control food? Food is the one basic source that each person can exercise some control over!? I wish I had some good answers!
Thank you, Caroline, for your kind words and for including me with such an all-star group of women. I was honored to be able to contribute to this article by “the Great” Alisa Fleming. I think I’ll start calling her that “Alisa the Great”! Thanks again, Caroline! You are the best!!
Oh Gina, now you’ve started it, “Alisa the Great”! I see a tee shirt in her future. This article really struck me as one of those that I cut out and file away to use in the future for myself or others. Everyone so often these flow by. Now the bar has been set…..
thank you for letting us know about this article! Can’t wait to read what she has to say. My son isn’t dairy-free, just peanut and tree-nut free, but we certainly follow all the issues. And sadly, with one food allergy, I almost feel like I’m holding my breath, waiting for some other food allergy to emerge out of nowhere so have to stay alert. Kind of a weird feeling…
Robin, I know what you are talking about! We went through that feeling for years. My son is now 15 and has been consistently outgrowing many of his allergens. So, I had stopped waiting to see what will pop up next. BUT..now I’m hearing more and more of friend’s kids developing new allergens or the old ones coming back? Really? Needless to say, this summer, we are going to re-test for some of the past outgrown allergens that my son does not eat on a regular basis, such as pumpkin seed and flax seed. It’s not easy–that’s for sure. Thank goodness we have each other!