Cute...

I'm visiting my parents house during winter break from school, and went grocery shopping with my mother yesterday (I'm slowly wearing her down!). I was able to get an entire meat-free shopping trip out of this, and made sure I got everything I needed to cook some tasty meals for her (She loves vegetarian food!)

My mother has told me, on several occasions, that since I was a little girl she has had a difficult time trying to get me to eat meat. It was different this time though, on our ride home from the grocery store, my mom was telling me about her pregnancy with me and how she was basically a vegetarian since the sheer thought of meat would send her running nauseous to the bathroom.

I thought it was kind of cool that I've pretty much been vegetarian since in the womb, even though I have meat-eating parents.

When we got home, I quizzed my dad on the stories she told me, and he looked like a light bulb went off in his head and said "That's right! I remember, (turned to my mom) so she's YOUR fault." He was only teasing though. He is always trying to blame my mom for all of the silly things.

He even tried to tell her that I'm "weird" because of her, and that he should have known naming me Angel would make me turn out to be a hippie (lots of tree hugger jokes (comedians I tell you)).

Even though it has taken some time, my parents have both accepted me for who I am and what I believe in. My mom is fascinated by my will power and thinks I'm one of the coolest people she'll ever encounter (what's a mother if she isn't your number one fan?)!