In September 2006, my husband and I began the journey to become foster parents. Several months later, we became licensed and were told about a little boy who was in foster care and in need of an adoptive family. His parents had given him up voluntarily due to his autism and their inability to meet his needs. In that moment, I knew my life would irrevocably change and I was ready.

The autism I was able to prepare myself for. The fact that he had been raised vegan was a different story. I have been an on and off vegetarian since my teens, but due to the fact I didn’t want to cook different meals, I followed my husband’s culinary tastes. It was easier to make the same thing for both of us, and he is definitely not going vegetarian any time soon. When our son came to live with us during the Spring of 2007, we at first tried to get him to eat the same foods we were eating, with no success.  Read more... (660 words, 1 image)