why im a vegetarian?

Have you ever taken a bite out of your Big Mac and think "what is really in here?" well I have ever since I was a young girl. I could not seem to grasp how it was normal to eat another animal. When I was younger, I did not know much about being a vegetarian; honestly, I did not even know it was an option. Until, one day at a family party I overheard my mother speaking to my cousin who mentioned that she only ate white meat (known as a white meat vegetarian). Very curious at my age, I asked her what prompted her to make this choice and decided that I wanted to make a change in my life that I felt would make me a better person. My choice was eliminate meat altogether.
Being a vegetarian has shaped and redefined my life in so many ways. One way that vegetarianism has shaped my life is how it has given me the opportunity to become a very strong willed person. When I made my decision to be a vegetarian, my family was not exactly supportive of the idea. My grandmother being in p...