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I've learned a menagerie of lessons as a food allergy mom, but there is one that has stretched me more than any other. Advocacy and people-pleasing can't co-exist. Why has this truth been so significant for me? Well, I am a people pleaser to my core. I always have been. This part of my personality is deeply ingrained, and it's always made it extraordinarily difficult for me to speak up sometimes, even when I know it's the right thing to do. Enter my boys' food allergies... We

It's Food Allergy Awareness Week, friends! I love the opportunity that this week gives those of us who love people with food allergies. It provides us with a platform to share our stories and educate others in a way we might normally have. But, this is a time when I always find myself getting reflective, too. What's difficult about our experience? What do I wish people better understood about my family? What can I do better to advocate? What have I learned? This last questio