Being A Vegetarian

     I can't remember the exact date that I became a vegetarian.  I know I was around 17 or 18 years old.  Everyone thought it was a phase that I'd outgrow, much the way I did Cheerleading, Karate, and wanting to be a Movie Star.  Honestly, I wasn't sure I could do it either but in the beginning, it wasn't even hard.  For as far back as I can remember, I was very connected to animals, and to people who picked on or tortured bugs, insects, or anything alive.  I was extremely empathetic, even to those lonely carts at the laundry matt that got seperated from all the others ( but that's another story )