Thank you for this fantastic post :) Both for advocating reducing the use of plastic (or specifically straws) AND for prompting us to make small changes for huge impacts. :) I am on a straw mission myself, refusing to buy a pack of straws for my kids. But I did tell them, I'd buy them a pack of straws made out of a thicker plastic. They had to promise not to chew the ends, so we could reuse them again and again. Now we've used them for a couple of months, but I make sure I rinse them properly in hot soapy water immediately after using them. Kids are happy, I am happy, and hopefully planet is happiER. :)