Do you ever wake-up feeling weary? Ever feel like you are ten steps behind before you even begin the day? Where will you possibly find the energy or motivation to tackle today when you are still tired from yesterday? I face this predicament at least once a week and typically on a Tuesday. Tuesdays follow …
Month: January 2019
Family adventure is HARD, but worth it!
We have all been there. You see the photos that someone shares of their latest family adventure, and they look so happy and full of life standing by the ocean’s water or on the ski slopes. You think, “Awe, we should do something like that.” But, then reality sets in and you recall that you …
Why We Homeschool
With back to school upon us and so many people having asked us why we homeschool, I thought I’d offer a few answers. Truth is there is not one answer, in fact, there are more like 100 but the simplest one I can give you is… God has called us to this place and faithfully …
What is OIT?
OIT stands for Oral ImmunoTherapy. Just like allergen immunotherapy for environmental allergies, which has been around since 1911, oral immunotherapy works using the same methodology. It takes a small dose of the allergen and introduces it to the body by mouth, not injections like traditional immunotherapy (allergy shots). Because the dose is so small, the …
Food Allergies: Our Story
At the time our story began, I had a sweet two-year-old little girl and a newborn baby boy we named Noah. Two beautiful and healthy children and my worries involved time-outs and sleep routines, your typical mom-life challenges. I had never known anyone with food allergies. We had no one in our immediate family with …