Hi Everyone, my name is Tracey and I am a 43 year old mother to 6 children aged between almost 15 and 7. I live in a small beachside community on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. I am currently studying an Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy. I have been a widow for 6 years now after my husband passed away at age 50 from heart disease & diabetes. I am just getting back to the vegan lifestyle. Prior to my husband passing away I was a raw foodist for 6 months. I have been struggling ever since to return to that way of eating but the stresses of everyday life are making in so hard. I was vegetarian or vegan for many years prior to my first pregnancy. All my children were born at home. I have been enjoying browsing all the wonderful receipes and have written many down especially trying to get my kids to eat more veges. They love fruit and raw chocolate brownies and date and nut torte as well as smoothies with almond milk. Nice to have found such a large community I never knew existed until yesterday. Dont know how I missed it