Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I've just finished taking a walk with a friend. We talk a lot about grandchildrem as we are so ethusiastic. She has a six month old granddaughter who is sitting up now, and I've got a box of toys for her age, that are way too young for even my youngest grandson. Tonight our daughter, son-in-law and their two boys are picking us up for a zoo lights show at five pm. We tried to get tickets before, but the holidays were swamped and also it was raining a lot then. The delima is dinner. We're bringing snacks and will see how we feel about buying food there. It may be too cold to sit outside and eat. We might have to keep moving, but we will try to bundle up. I'm bringing a flashlight because tripping and falling is my fear. I love this zoo, as the spaces for the animals are so generous and well thought out, and the animals seem healthy. I love the warthogs the best, but the kids love the giraffees and meerkats. I'm not sure if we'll be seeing many animals, as a lot of them have acreage and pasture away from the daytime enclosures. It will be interesting to see. We used to love the tigers - four sisters rescued from a horrible captivity in Texas, but they are all gone now. Texas does some pretty horrible things regarding exotic animals. I remember my brother taking me years ago to a restaurant which had huge animals in glass cages that you could see while you ate. It appalled me. I'm grateful my immediate family were not hunters, though some of my mother's relatives are. My parents only fished, and by six or so I didn't want to participate. I've been fairly squeemish ever since, and only eat poultry, fish and seafood, and not even all of that. No duck or squid for me. I've been vegan, when my younger daughter was a teen, but my husband suffered so I cook some meats now. But no pork. I like pigs.. And I can still remember my mother's mother slaughtering a pig and the blood dripping, a way that causes immense suffering to the animal. Lesson learned.