10/18/2026
Apparently, taking my kids to McDonald’s requires a public statement and a defense attorney. 🍟😂
I know it isn’t health food. I studied nutrition, not the back of a Happy Meal box.
When I moved from Europe, one of the biggest adjustments was navigating unfamiliar foods, ingredient lists, and how much convenience food was everywhere. I care about what my family eats. I also care about whether I have enough energy left to function after feeding everyone.
I’m a chronically ill mom. Some days, I cook. Some days, dinner comes through a window, and we all move on with our lives.
One drive-thru stop is a meal, not my family’s entire nutritional history.
What I don’t understand is seeing an exhausted mother feeding her children and deciding what she needs next is a private message calling their dinner “poison.”
Unless that DM comes with groceries, a cooked meal, and someone to wash the dishes, it’s just another task for me to deal with.
We can care about nutrition while acknowledging that money, time, disability, and exhaustion affect what ends up on the table.
My kids got fed. I conserved some energy. The imaginary parenting inspection can resume tomorrow. ✌️🍟