SPEAKING TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND STRANGERS ABOUT DIFFICULT SUBJECTS
By Zen Honeycutt, Founding Executive Director of Moms Across America (MAA)
In the Spring of 2013, I was at a BBQ in the park at the end of our street. A neighbor had invited a few friends to get together and I got to chatting with one of the moms. She was concerned about her son’s behavior. He was heavyset, loud, and difficult to communicate with at times. He did not respond to his mother or follow her directions. She was clearly frustrated. I asked her if she knew anything about GMOs, and she said no. So, I told her how they are a foreign protein in the majority of our foods and could possibly be irritating his stomach lining. Then, I told her about the gut/brain connection, and the rats from the lifelong study that had tumors, sex hormone changes, and even birth defects and infertility. As her brow furrowed in concern, I
stopped myself.
“Is this too much?” I asked. After all, it was just a BBQ and I didn’t know her well.
“No!” she said, staring straight into my eyes. “This is my kid you are talking about. You need to tell me these things. I need to know.”
Article based on an excerpt from UNSTOPPABLE Transforming Sickness and Struggle into Triumph, Empowerment, and a Celebration of Community.
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.