Summer Time

For most kids summer means watermelon, strawberries and ice cream cones!

For my daughter, it is a time to load up on allergy medication.

She is allergic to most fruits. She can have lemons, limes, blackberries and on good days blueberries. Now how do you feed a child that cannot have the seasonal food?

This summer we are having our mocktail hour minus fruit to not temp her. She will sneak some foods and the rashes appear immediately. Hard to hide it when her back turns red.

I found if I add spinach to her rice protein shake in the morning she does not crave fruit.

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Mastocytosis

I found a little about mastocytosis. now i am on my way to find more.

My Child with allergies

I have decided to journal my travels with my daughter with multiple allergies, mostly to food. How scary it is to be scared to eat. She is scared the food will make her itch, belly ache or worse - make it hard for her to breath.
She was difficult as an infant and now it is starting to make sense.

Follow allong as i try to find answers.

Protection of our little ones

Out my front window we have a grove of tall pine trees. We occasionally see a hawk gliding over the tree tops looking for small pray. Today I watched this hawk gliding back and forth in a purposeful pattern. In an instant a sparrow shot up from the trees and nipped at the hawk’s tail feathers. The hawk and sparrow danced about ten feet above the tree line for fifteen minutes. The hawk glided over the tree tops testing and teasing the sparrow, threatening a sudden dive at the sparrows nest. The sparrow flew around, swooping at the hawk keeping it away from the nest. The small sparrow tempted to keep a predator ten times her size from her nest with her agility and determination. The size difference is amazing and the speed of the sparrow nipping at the hawk actually kept the hawk from swooping down. The relentless efforts of the sparrow paid off in this instance. The hawk tired of the fight for its food and left for easier prey. The sparrow was steadfast in her attempt to keep her nest from harm and accomplished it this time.
We can apply this to our lives and the way we protect our children. The predator or hawk of our day is the influence of the media and constant attack of information. The large amount and intensity of bombardment is a threat to keeping kids safe. We may try to control what they see and hear at home, yet they are going to be exposed outside. It is our relentless efforts as parents to keep them protected and teaches them the tools that they will need to fight off the negative pressures that they will come across in their peer groups. If we can give them the right armor then they can fight at their will.

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Tips on Critiquing for Life

Tips on Critiquing
First and foremost our children are our story written each day through daily activities, learning experiences, discipline and memory making times. We can document our lives and learn from them as we strive to get through parenting. I have learned that advice comes from many backgrounds and experiences. It is our responsibility to decipher what works for us individually and implement it in a unique way.
As a writer there are tips we use to critique other writers writing samples as well as our own. This is applicable in dealing with our children. Once I was told that the best critiques are like a hamburger, meat sandwiched between bread. A critique is the evaluation sandwiched between something good and positive. We can apply this to many aspects of our lives.

An overview of critiquing a sample of the group, is: Read through first. Make general editing notes on first read. Respond to the content, not the mechanics and not the author. Respond positively and personally where possible. Remember every reader is different. Be specific when you comment on problems. Be concise with your critique. Make statements, not ask questions. Take notes!


Assess thoroughly first. Make general notes either mentally or on a notepad. Respond to the action, not the mechanics and not the perpetrator. Respond positively and personally where possible, hugs appropriate at any time. Remember everyone is different. Be specific when you comment on problems. Be concise with your review of the situation. Make statements, not ask questions.
Take notes! Journal it, there are times to remember and there are times to read back through,