2025 was full of change for me--both professional & personal One big one on the personal side, after more than two decades as a vegetarian, I ate meat again I become vegetarian as an act of protest against the factory farm system and those feelings have not changed. Something else did though. For most of the time I've been vegetarian I led a nomadic life, living in a variety of different cultures around the world. I met other vegetarians who told me they would occasionally eat meat while traveling because they saw it as a way to bond with new people in a new place. I always rejected that notion I understand the concept differently now I eat most of my meals with my son and we share everything. Well, for awhile we would share everything expect for meat Starting a few months ago, I decided that we would just share everything, no exceptions. Fatherhood is a wonderful journey that reprioritizes everything It also makes me appreciate my own parents so much more. My father became a vegetarian shortly after I did. When we would eat at restaurants we would often share plates. It's only through my own experience eating with my son that I realized that my father changed his diet, at least in part, to be closer with me