Wonderful Day!

I was eating my vegan lunch at my dorm dining hall this afternoon, and as I was speaking with my friend about my new lifesyle and future plans to become 100% raw, she told me a guy accross the room is a raw-fooder. I got up and talked to him almost imediately. To my surprise he said he is not all raw, he eats milk and meat, and advised me never to give up milk, that it is so good for me and my bones; that it is the best form of calcium and sesame seeds are proven not to digest right in our bodies. I got very puzzled after this conversation which I expected to go the opposite way. I was so perplexed by the comments this guy made I began to question my new raw food beliefs, and that scared me. So I called Mehmet, the chef who inspired me, for the most part, so seriously consider raw. He answered at his restaurant and we had a long conversation about raw, and he confirmed that the phosphates in greens and sesame seeds carry more oxygen in your body, carrying calcium more efficiently in the bloodstream; milk cannot do that because cows get the calcium from the greens THEY eat. Then I told Mehmet about changing my major to Human Nutrition, being back in Chicago, reading the book that got him inspired, aspiring to be raw this summer, becoming vegan, etc. He seemed impressed and maybe touched...because he asked when I was to be returning home (early may), and he said he would set up an internship for me, teach me, and certify me as a chef!!!!!! It was my dream come true, I almost burst into tears on the phone, but I thanked him endlessly and with all my heart, instead. What a wonderful day!!! AND I had a delicious meal of a fresh, ripe avocado mixed with a delicious mango :)
Peace,
Shana