I have been vegan a couple of times in the last 6 or 7 years. My sis sent out copies of the book “The China Study” to all of us, and my whole family went vegan for awhile. Some still are. But I couldn’t stay with it, mostly because my son was not about to go vegan at 17 years old. And I couldn’t keep up with planning two separate meals all the time. I still don’t eat anywhere near as much meat as I used to.

Fast forward to today. My son is in Colorado. He’s staying with a girl he likes a whole lot, and she’s vegan. He texted me today that he’s eaten all vegan since he’s been there. Can you say SHOCKED? Glad…but shocked. He even texted me a picture of the black been sweet potato tacos he was having.

All this has me reconsidering what I eat again. I work long days, almost always 9 hours. Leave the house at 8, get home between 6:30 and 7:30. My eating habits have gotten bad. I go for quick, easy, hassle free meals. I try to cook something on the weekend that will give me leftovers during the week, so it’s not like I’m eating crap all week. But not that well either.

I’m diabetic, and for the most part, well controlled. I expected when I was vegan my glucose levels would increase because I was eating less protein and more carbs, like quinoa, rice, etc. But the levels didn’t go up, they went down. I had to cut back my meds.

Worth a thought anyway, again. Especially if my son will join me.  Thinking vegetarian though, not vegan.  We like cheese too much, lol.

I have our book club here next Tuesday. We’ve been reading The Untethered Soul by Mark Singer. I only have about 20 pages left in the book, so at least I’ll finish it. I found it to be a lot like The Power of Now, which I read years ago. This was like a refresher course. Always welcome.

I also need to make a soup of some kind for them. Seems that’s what has become the trend in our small group (there are only 4 of us). We started out with snacks for our first few meetings, but since it got cold, it’s been soups. And some good bread. So I’m trying to think of a soup, not chili, to make. Not chili because the last couple girls have done that. I’m thinking of veggie soup, which I usually make with all organic veggies, and maybe adding some beef stew meat, like beef veggie soup instead of beef stew. Then I’ll have the leftovers for the week.

Anyway, it is always a good excuse to get the house really clean.

It seems so odd to me, not to have some emotional drama to talk about, lol. But none…..and it’s lovely really. Feeling pretty happy and content lately, even though I lost my mom, I feel her with me. Death is just another transformation. It was time for her to go be with my dad, her own parents, my niece. And I know she’s whole and at peace.

It’s all good. Love and light all.