My Life as an Asthma Mom

  https://www.aafa.org/ It's here! The annual Allergy & Asthma Awareness Month!  How many of you feel like friends and other family members just "don't get it" when it comes to allergies and asthma? Now is your chance to dazzle them with a few facts!  Did you know that : 10 people die from asthma every day in the U.S. Asthma is the most chronic disease among children Asthma is more common in boys than in girls  There are a LOT more facts on this page.  Allergy & Asthma Foundation of America (AAFA) has "31 Days of Action for Raising Asthma and Allergy Awareness in May 2021" I know...I am a bit late in posting this 😬  You can see what they have planned for each day. They have Healthy Home checklists, coloring books, watch parties, twitter chats, etc. Allergy & Asthma Day on Capitol Hill (AADCH) Allergy & Asthma Network sponsored an Allergy & Asthma Day on Capitol Hill. You can watch the video here , then contact your legislator about iss

  I love spring and the hope that comes with it! Today was a gorgeous day, so I decided to take a break from work and take a stroll around the block.  The temperature outside is just perfect, and the neighbors have lots of gorgeous flowers. So off I went. I wasn't far from the house when a neighbor stopped to chat. She pointed out the smoke coming from a nearby orchard. Oh great! I wasn't sure what was going on until I realized that the farmer was probably burning the branches from his orchard. I noticed most of the trees in the orchards around here have been pruned back so it's easier to reach the fruit.  I'm assuming the farmer is burning the extra branches. But - smoke is NOT a good thing for asthma!  In fact, I hadn't planned on experiencing an asthma trigger, so I didn't take my inhaler. Yikes! I mean, I'm just going around the block, right? I normally don't grab my purse.... I turned around and headed back home as fast as I could, and then made sur