Storyteller of allergies

Strange things can happen everyday. The allergies stay and although we forget the years that we were worried several times a day, many moments a week and we deal now with a handful moments of trouble, insecurity, anxiousness now and then, we should stay alert. Like a mother wakes during the nights for the child to wake up from a nightmare, or waits for the adolescent to come home late in the evening after a party. Living with allergies,  is a worry and it remains a source of attention in daily life. For me the moments of feeling not save about Solange's life are less then in the past ten years. I can count the stress moments today. And then suddenly, out of the blue something happens, surprise! And alertness is needed. Peanut allergy is what I feel today not so well known as I thought it would be. I recognize the look, the voice of those people who just don't know how to handle the allergy issue about peanuts. And that is fine. Sometimes I feel like a storyteller who is telling the same story all the time. But the thing is that for all those people who aren't aware about the possible risks of peanuts and nuts, both groups cause reactions for my allergy girl, the story I tell, is a brand new story. It is a learning process. I became a very hands on learner, I was forced to react immediately, the situation we encountered, once we were diagnosed with an allergy girl. It takes a moment, a time to realize what's happening. The fairy tale about the girl which was bewitched with these allergies right after she was born. The curse was to stay allergic her hole life until she would be kissed by the prince ... This could be the context of the story in which Solange plays the main colorful and cosmopolitan peanut girl. The play could be about poisoned food, about making choices along the road, about curiosity for food and the knowledge about your own health and body. The metaphore could be the balance, the good and the wrong, the bad and the good food. The good diet is the diet that she will choose because it makes her feeling happier and safer. And the learning for these allergic kids, is the battle, to understand that their body heels, and the witch's curse disappear. When you can easily say yes for the food you can eat without the eternal temptation of the moment, the impulse. That's so true. Children like Solange, limited in some ways by their allergies are at a young age able to say no. Their limitation becomes a challenge. It is a yes for a no!