As the founder of Southern Florida Farmed Animal Transition, Inc. I would like to share with you how advocating for farmed animals and turning vegan became the focus of my life. It involves an epiphany-a transformational event that changed my life. But first, let me relate a childhood memory that came back to me recently.

I’ve always loved animals since I was a little kid, and like lots of people, my family had various dog and cat family members over the years. I started riding horses when I was 5 after begging my parents for lessons. I was about 8 years old one afternoon, at the stable in Williamstown, Ma., and I had my horse, Freddy.

At lunch, I would visit a group of cows that were in a pasture next to the stable. The cows were comforting to be around, and I would sit there and eat my sandwich or whatever my mother had packed for lunch. I wondered why people didn’t pet the cows and brushed them like they do with horses. One day I went to the pasture and the cows had disappeared…

I’d love to share with you the rest of the story