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Gratitude 55

July 31, 2008 by Strawberry

Today I am grateful for:

The fact that I am not sitting up sleepless, worried about my children’s health as so many other parents are tonight.
That I know my husband loves me and that I love him.
That I have the support of my family to call on, and that they are always happy to answer that call.

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Me: Late-30s, American just returned to the US after living for 15 years in rural England
M: Husband, mid-40s, English
E1: Elder daughter, born mid-2005, allergic to eggs
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An American Stay-at-Home Mum tries to find her direction in life, as she returns to the US with her English husband, after 15 years in the UK, and discovers how foreign her home country now feels. She also learns to negotiate the new and frightening world of food allergies, after her younger daughter is diagnosed with multiple, severe allergies.

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