Author: Mike Jurney

My daughter has a peanut allergy.  She’s only had one reaction in her life, which was when we found out about the…

My daughter has a peanut allergy.  She’s only had one reaction in her life, which was when we found out about the allergy, but her doctor did a test and it turns out that it’s severe.  She’s in the “shouldn’t eat foods that were prepared in facilities that process peanuts” category.

Like many schools in New York City, hers is a nut-free facility.  At the beginning of the year, new parents are told this.  It’s posted on the door as you come in.  It’s on the wall in the hallway.  And yet the other day a parent was walking up the stairs talking to their kid about their peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Why would someone do that?  I just can’t understand the reasoning that goes into sending your kid to school with a lunch that could kill another student.

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September 11th is always a roll of the dice for me.  Sometimes it just glides by, sometimes it takes up residence…

September 11th is always a roll of the dice for me.  Sometimes it just glides by, sometimes it takes up residence and occupies all my thoughts.  This year it’s pretty enormous, though I can’t explain why.  I don’t have anything profound, or encouraging, or angry to say.

I just wanted to say that some years it’s just another day, but for whatever reason this year it’s not.  Everything and everyone associated with 9/11/2001 have been very much in my thoughts all day long.

I’m not upset about it, it’s just how the day’s been.