You know when you have kids and you make friends with another mom and you hope you have something more in common than just your children? In our case we connected instantly. Once we got around to talking about our kids we realized that what we shared as mothers was something that connected us on a far deeper level than we thought possible.

Both of our oldest kids have life-threatening food allergies. Their siblings do not. You can imagine the family dynamics when they can’t eat the same thing. We often recount stories about our kids, finding ourselves nodding  because we’ve been there. We get each other’s fears and we hold each other up, whether we’re venting about insensitive people, ridiculous school policies or getting excited when we find a new cookie that doesn’t have any allergens.

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