[Moriah] Thanksgiving, Now 100% Vegan

Daniel and I are sad now that my parents and Bean have gone back home. We had a fun two days together, with lots of laughs, food and visiting. We even went to see the annual Chuy's Christmas Parade after I finished pet sitting this morning. It was neat to get out and do something fun like that. Sadly, the floats and bands that passed didn't play much Christmas music like we hoped. It was music, like "Louie Louie" and "Hang on Sloopy," along with some country music. But what's to be expected from a Texas parade? Anyway, it was still fun and now we are looking forward to Christmas so we can go up and visit my parents at their house. In fact, Bear is waiting at the door right now, hoping they will come back. How pitiful! We should have lots of pictures to post from Thanksgiving, so watch for them soon.



In other news, Daniel shocked me tonight by wanting to go totally vegan. I had received something from Peta2 (of which I recently became a member) in the mail and he happened to look at it over my shoulder while I was going through it. I didn't push it on him or anything, but he took it from me after I finished reading it and he read through it. I believe I saw tears come to his eyes, and then a few minutes later he basically told me he decided he wanted to go vegan. "That's it; no more dairy or eggs," were his words as he wiped away the tears.



I completely agree and look forward to giving up the last animal products I use: honey and leather (on my shoes). I feel this move to veganism has been a long time in coming, but it took tonight to finally go that last step. I'm just surprised, and very happy, that Daniel wants to do this too. We went around the house and took down all our Native American animal skins and will give those to someone else. We are also getting rid of our shoes and clothes that have animal products (leather, suede, fleece, fur, silk, wool, etc.), while he finishes off the last of his shampoo and other body care items that are made with animal byproducts or tested on animals. I have already switched my cosmetic and body care items to vegan products over the last several months, but I still have shoes and a few clothing items that I plan on donating.



I feel very good about this change and that we will be going through it together. It's always nice to have your partner support you in such an important life-change as this. And I'm proud that, by not eating animal products, using items made with animal byproducts or using products that were tested on animals, we can make the lives of at least a few thousand animals per year better. I question authority. What are you going to do about it?