I have so been loving the vegan way of eating! It's led me to a profound sense of balance that I was missing all the years that I was a vegetarian and still consuming dairy and eggs.

With this new veganism has come a whole new world of awareness, and these past few days I've been doing some soul searching... while shopping for an ottoman.

I was about to click on the purchase button for an almost-perfect ottoman that I found online. It was the right size and met all the specifications I was looking for (style, comfort, functionality). But then it dawned on me that the ottoman was covered with leather. Over my lifetime I had detached myself from the source of this "treasured" material. The soul searching ensued.

To make a long story short, I chose a fabric ottomon.

I love this lifestyle.