I Have Eaten PB & J to Mark Every Major Life Event

A childhood staple has turned into a family tradition

Marie Elena Martinez
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5 min readNov 5, 2019

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Being pregnant with Grace, now 2, was relatively easy — even with the technical issues that go along with IVF. But during pregnancy and in those first few months after she was born, I had an outsized fear she’d be allergic to peanuts. Mind you, there weren’t nut allergies in our family…

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Marie Elena Martinez
Heated
Writer for

Mama to Grace. Writer/Editor/Events + Food/Travel/Culture. Founder of Meets NYC. Co-Founder of New Worlder. www.marieelenamartinez.com