On Sunday, Sarah, Melissa, Mom, Jessica Mason (Sarah's best friend) and I participated in the 2012 FAAN Walk for Food Allergy at Atlantic Station. A long time family friend of ours has a daughter with food allergies so we thought this would be a great time to show our support.
I know you are probably thinking what a lot of other people think. It's food allergies, no big deal, but it actually is a huge deal. Kacy is allergic is milk, eggs, peanuts, peas, watermelon, bananas, cherries and plums. Most of these Shannon did not even know about until this summer. She may grow out of it, she may not. Where you and I take for granted eating any of those things, unfortunately for others, they are not so lucky. And just think, milk and egg is used in so many recipes.
Having food allergies is a lifestyle change, but Shannon and her family have taken this challenge on full force.
Here are some pictures from Sunday.
In the middle of Atlantic Station, they had several booths set up. Each booth was giving away free stuff from coconut milk, jelly beans, cookies and lots more. All allergy friendly of course. Mom even found her some sunbutter that she really liked. It is a sunflower seed spread that you would eat in place of peanut butter. It tastes just like sunflowers and on some celery, it's delicious!
Here is a picture of Kacy above. I couldn't get her to look at me and smile. I don't blame her, we had to get up really early! Check in was at 8:00 AM!
And we are off all walking together at the start!
You can kind of tell that are group is separating a little bit. Sarah and Jessica Mason finished ahead of us, but it was a nice 2 mile walk that we finished in about 45 minutes. Not too bad!
Sharon (Shannon's mom aka Oma) and Jody were troopers, from hand holding to shoulder riding.
Here is a picture of the back of our team shirts. The front says, "I love someone with food allergies." This was a great idea and a huge hit. We definitely had the best shirts there!
Jasper is Kacy's brother and youngest supporter! Isn't he just precious?!?!
All the supporters wore green ribbons, while Kacy and the others with allergies wore turquoise ribbons, which was a great idea.
We had a blast and this is what life long family friends are all about. Shannon is like an older sister to us, so being there to support Kacy and her family was something that we wouldn't have missed out on.
Can't wait for the 2013 walk!
I know you are probably thinking what a lot of other people think. It's food allergies, no big deal, but it actually is a huge deal. Kacy is allergic is milk, eggs, peanuts, peas, watermelon, bananas, cherries and plums. Most of these Shannon did not even know about until this summer. She may grow out of it, she may not. Where you and I take for granted eating any of those things, unfortunately for others, they are not so lucky. And just think, milk and egg is used in so many recipes.
Having food allergies is a lifestyle change, but Shannon and her family have taken this challenge on full force.
Here are some pictures from Sunday.
In the middle of Atlantic Station, they had several booths set up. Each booth was giving away free stuff from coconut milk, jelly beans, cookies and lots more. All allergy friendly of course. Mom even found her some sunbutter that she really liked. It is a sunflower seed spread that you would eat in place of peanut butter. It tastes just like sunflowers and on some celery, it's delicious!
Here is a picture of Kacy above. I couldn't get her to look at me and smile. I don't blame her, we had to get up really early! Check in was at 8:00 AM!
And we are off all walking together at the start!
You can kind of tell that are group is separating a little bit. Sarah and Jessica Mason finished ahead of us, but it was a nice 2 mile walk that we finished in about 45 minutes. Not too bad!
Sharon (Shannon's mom aka Oma) and Jody were troopers, from hand holding to shoulder riding.
Here is a picture of the back of our team shirts. The front says, "I love someone with food allergies." This was a great idea and a huge hit. We definitely had the best shirts there!
Jasper is Kacy's brother and youngest supporter! Isn't he just precious?!?!
All the supporters wore green ribbons, while Kacy and the others with allergies wore turquoise ribbons, which was a great idea.
We had a blast and this is what life long family friends are all about. Shannon is like an older sister to us, so being there to support Kacy and her family was something that we wouldn't have missed out on.
Can't wait for the 2013 walk!
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