she gather my pieces

~k~: ps-- you will be pleased with me: i was completely veg today
starling: yay!
~k~: no dairy even :)
starling: i am!! good job! i did pretty good today too! high fives to us.
~k~: i am trying to support what you stand for, and think twice about stuff.
starling: you are so great, i love you too, too much.
~k~: i thought in light of the [unsupportive friends], i wanted to let you know i was supporting you, from here and doing my best :)
starling: thank you so much, that means so much to me, it really does.
it is so good to know that people are supportive.
~k~: no promises, but today was a good day.
starling: i get it, even one day a week is still meaningful.
~k~: so (((veg hug)))
starling: haaa, totes! veg hugs, i love em!

this woman is all the way in chicago and is one of my oldest friends. the first to start being really food conscious in my group and at the time i had the nerve to tease her and think she was freaking over nothing. HFCS? COME ON, we've all been drinkin' it, suckin' it down by the gallon for years and nothing happened to us, am i right? well, except for the weight that we've gained, and the untold effects it's had on our brains and veins and hearts and stomachs that we don't know about! but she planted a seed, whether she knew it or not, whether i knew it or not, and now years later, as john darnielle said at zoop, when i was ready to hear the message, oh, i heard. i can suddenly hear. when you are ready for the message, the message comes.

and i remembered ~k~'s words, years later, her gentle informations and passing alongs of the things that she was learning, bit by bit on the way to a healthier life.

thanks to ~k~, for her patience with me, and her unflagging love.

i listened to the new bob dylan, bowie's hunky-dory, and joni mitchell's mingus today and ate vegan lunch today that i made. it was fabulous.

go out and give yer friends a veg hug!