Food Allergy Walk a Success!

Yesterday was a beautiful day to support and celebrate people who live with food allergies...especially my favorite food allergy kid, MAX!

This was the third year of the FARE Food Allergy Walk in Cincinnati and the first year for us to participate.  Crazy to think that the first year of the walk was when Max was first diagnosed with severe food allergies...peanuts and eggs.  We are so fortunate that we have been able to cross peanuts off the list!

Our team this year was small yet mighty, just like Max!  Pat's parents were in town and our friend Annie, who has a laundry list of food allergies herself, and her son Wesley, allergic to fish, also joined us.  My parents were with us in spirit and wore their shirts proudly!

Photo by Annie Anglin

Photo by Connie Naylor

Photo by Tom Lindsey

Photo by Donna Lindsey

Leah and Max had a great time sliding down the bouncing slide while we waited for the walk to start.  Max was able to sign a banner and we 'tried' to get some pictures.  The walk took place at the International Friendship Park along the Ohio River.  It was such a pretty path to walk along.  I was even able to get a nice picture of Leah.

Our day would not be complete without a little drama...the boys ended up at Urgent Care for an upper respiratory infection and Noah was also diagnosed with pink eye!

Small yet mighty, Max's Maniacs enjoyed the day.  We hope our team can grow next year!