Why Did You Go Vegan?

Wendi

My decision to become a vegan was a personal triumph that has changed nearly every nuance in my life.

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As an adolescent, the dinner table was a horrifying forum of criticisms, anger, and lectures in tandem with some form of a ground beef casserole and powered milk beverage served.
Each sibling, including myself, developed an eating disorder that only two, out of three of us, were able to control.

Marrying the wrong person for the wrong reasons, I repeated the dysfunction by preparing carnivorous entrees daily and swallowing years of anger and abuse.

When I left the relationship with my infant daughter, my path was clear: I would NEVER eat or prepare another animal product for the rest of my life.

Now independent, self-sufficient, and educated my only response when asked, "Why don't you eat meat or dairy products? Why not use products with animal ingredients?" My answer is this: I am honoring myself. Do I love animals? They're okay. Do I advocate PETA or various likeminded groups? To a degree. Making judgments towards others because of what they eat, wear, publicly speak or feel is not always a genre I want to say I wholeheartedly support.

I respect vegans because we have chosen a healthier, spiritual, and sometimes difficult lifestyle that transcends into a people who emit strength, self-assurance, and vitality.

I am proud to be a vegan.

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