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When my child was 4-5 we were at a breakfast restaurant & she asked how bacon was made
Mindlessly I said "From a pig"
Quiet for a moment, then
"This is a pig& #39;s skin?!"
"Yes, baby. But he died fast"
Tears welling up
"Was he with his mom?
Was he afraid?"
When my child was 4-5 we were at a breakfast restaurant & she asked how bacon was made
Mindlessly I said "From a pig"
Quiet for a moment, then
"This is a pig& #39;s skin?!"
"Yes, baby. But he died fast"
Tears welling up
"Was he with his mom?
Was he afraid?"
Why hadn& #39;t I thought these compassionate thoughts?
Why was it so easy to treat feeling animals no differently than fruit & vegetables?
I rescued cats & dogs
I was an animal lover
Why did this disconnect live in ME??
Why was it so easy to treat feeling animals no differently than fruit & vegetables?
I rescued cats & dogs
I was an animal lover
Why did this disconnect live in ME??
But I HAD thought the thoughts & asked the questions
Those that answered me chose to comfort me with lies about how happy the animals were & how my nutrition depended on eating them & the other products "they gave to us"
Those that answered me chose to comfort me with lies about how happy the animals were & how my nutrition depended on eating them & the other products "they gave to us"
I lived on a house where people believed & spread these lies
I lived in a community where the people also believed & spread these lies
I became used to the lies & accepted the lies
I lived in a community where the people also believed & spread these lies
I became used to the lies & accepted the lies
The only time I stood against the lies is when the truth was right in front of me...
My uncles killed chickens, pigs, & lambs
It was a family event, & my uncles, aunts, & cousins smiled excitedly as we gathered to watch them murder terrified animals
My uncles killed chickens, pigs, & lambs
It was a family event, & my uncles, aunts, & cousins smiled excitedly as we gathered to watch them murder terrified animals
They held down a crying lamb & slit her throat
I ran over to try to save the dying lamb
I used every bad word I& #39;d ever heard to scold my uncles & everyone else as I cried
I ran over to try to save the dying lamb
I used every bad word I& #39;d ever heard to scold my uncles & everyone else as I cried
That night I was punished with a belt for my words
They viewed words of hurt & desperation from a child as wrong, but not slitting the throat of a baby animal who was taken from his mom
What was wrong with these people? Why were their priorities so f& #39;d up?
They viewed words of hurt & desperation from a child as wrong, but not slitting the throat of a baby animal who was taken from his mom
What was wrong with these people? Why were their priorities so f& #39;d up?
A year later they brought a pig home to kill
He waited in a small pen
I asked my mom when they were going to kill him & she said "In the morning"
I begged her to stop them
She gave me the look she always gave me... The one that wished I was more like my brother
He waited in a small pen
I asked my mom when they were going to kill him & she said "In the morning"
I begged her to stop them
She gave me the look she always gave me... The one that wished I was more like my brother
She worried about my feelings... But not about the animals
I waited til it was dark & set the pig free
Now... I was a child who didn& #39;t have a plan
I didn& #39;t know where the pig could go to be safe, I just wanted him to try
He ran into the field & the dogs started barking
I waited til it was dark & set the pig free
Now... I was a child who didn& #39;t have a plan
I didn& #39;t know where the pig could go to be safe, I just wanted him to try
He ran into the field & the dogs started barking
I grabbed them one by one & put them in my grandma& #39;s shed
But it was too late... My uncles heard the barking & the pig squeals & killed the scared pig in the field that night
I didn& #39;t understand why they couldn& #39;t see the scared pig like I could
They only saw meat
But it was too late... My uncles heard the barking & the pig squeals & killed the scared pig in the field that night
I didn& #39;t understand why they couldn& #39;t see the scared pig like I could
They only saw meat
I was no different than my beautiful hearted child... I just never had a family who cared enough to stand against accepted injustice
My daughter has that family
She removed the cult like indoctrination that I succumbed to so easily
My daughter has that family
She removed the cult like indoctrination that I succumbed to so easily
