Liebster Award

From Life in Joyful Chaos:

I was very surprised and very happy to receive
the Liebster Award from Anu at
Allergy Foodie -
thrive with the top 8 food allergies!

Honestly, on the day she told me, I'd been kind of down, overwhelmed, and toying with the idea of not blogging anymore, thinking that I could focus on other things if I wasn't blogging. Well, I can't even say how this award brightened my day! It just changed my whole outlook on everything! Thank you so much, Anu! :)

I love Anu's blog because she is so upbeat! Her son has sooooo many more allergies than my kiddos do, and still, her recipes look delicious, many full of the wonderful aromatic spices that I love. She explains ingredients that may be new to people who are just starting out on the allergy adventure, and she does great product reviews. She makes food fun for her son, and for anyone else who tries her recipes. Check out her blog; you won't be disappointed!

Oh, and if you want to find some other great allergy blogs,
be sure to check out Anu's other recipients of the award!

There are rules to receiving and accepting this award.

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.

2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

3. Copy and Paste the Award to your blog.

4. Have faith that your followers will spread the word and love to other bloggers.

5. Have fun.

I like #5 the best, since I don't do well with rules!
As a matter of fact, I don't normally
follow the rules at all,
but I'm going to make an exception this time. :)

So, here are my picks.
They aren't specifically allergy blogs,
but they are all blogs by women whose
familes deal with allergies and food restrictions:

1. Andy, Kiara & Family: Kiara's son, Keandre not only deals with many food allergies, he also has Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease. Kiara writes about Keandre's struggles with that disease, and life as a busy mom to her four beautiful children!

2. My 4 Sweetums: Dawn has a child with a very restricted diet and writes about homeschooling and parenting children with special needs. Dawn is a wealth of information when it comes to homeschooling ideas; she's the homeschool mom I would love to be!

3. The Chaos and the Clutter: Sharla has a large family, including a child with allergies, and she writes about homeschooling, special needs parenting, and, of course, chaos and clutter! She also has a great site called Adoption Magazine, where she and guest bloggers share all aspects of adoption. Sharla just published her first book, That These Two Will Live, which I will be reading very soon! It's the story of their fight to bring two of her children home from Ethiopia under very trying circumstances.

4. GFCF Allows Coffee: Kari feeds her children a gluten-free, casein-free diet to help alleviate some of the symptoms of FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder). Kari has a great sense of humor and some great recipes! That's a great combination, in my opinion!

5. Life With Food Allergies - I only started reading this blog fairly recently but it's by a mom who has children with life-threatening food allergies, asthma, eczema, environmental allergies, and more. She has some delicious-sounding recipes and lots of great information on food allergies.

Living with allergies and food restrictions
is sometimes daunting,
but I can't even imagine doing it without these ladies.
Even if they don't blog specifically about food,
I know that they understand, and that, when frustrated,
I can always shoot them an email
saying:

"I just want to be able to go to a drive-through
instead of always having to
plan every last detail of our food!"

That way, I've gotten it off my chest,
I feel better, and I can go about my day again!

So, a big thank you to all of you!

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