And always for things that seem to me quite unexciting. I have a very conventional family. Sometimes I am astounded just how conventional and mundane.
It's ridiculous really - we are a family that has accepted and supported "big" things like my unplanned, unmarried teenage pregnancy and subsequent single motherhood. I'm pretty much guaranteed to do absolutely everything in my life backwards to the norm, and everyone just nods their head and gets on with it.
But then I do something small, a lifestyle choice or a decision that affects no one but me, and they all freak out.
Like my latest choice - to go meat-free for a month.
When I told my mother I'm pretty sure she must have heard "going to drop nuclear bomb on local town".
A little support would have been nice. Or preferably just "oh that's nice" and completely ignoring it because it's not really something that requires fireworks.
People will accept so much craziness ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman") but have a heart attack because I decide I'm not going to eat Johnny Baa-Lamb for a little while. I am well aware their heads may explode if I decide to stick to it after my month is up.
I think we all know who is crazy here.
Luckily, I have great support at work. And that's because I am part of their Health Kick Team, and many others are going without wine, junk food, sugar or meat in order to help those that need it most.
I'm raising money for Save The Children. Their vision:
~ a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation ~
If going without some crispy bacon can help them achieve their goals, I'm there.
You can support me by donating some coins here.
I'm off to visit the lovely Veggie Mama, because I really don't want to starve to death before the month is out, that would be slightly inconvenient.
Oops... I forgot the IBOT thingy.... here you go! (Sorry Jess!)
