Vegetarians
Henry and Cora decided that for the month of May, they were going to try being vegetarian. Like all things in this house, it was a Big Event, with endless discussion beforehand and countless conversations about what could and couldn't be eaten in the month to follow.
Cora managed to be vegetarian for a sum total of twenty minutes. By the very next meal, she caved and ate as much meat as she could get her hands on.
Henry has lasted the entire month. Which was poor timing, honestly, because this month we began to have cookouts and to smoke meat. Still, he has endured. And true to Henry's form, he created a spreadsheet to map his progress. He's documented each time he's had a meal without meat, each time he's been exposed to a meal that touched meat, and each time he's had a passing thought of meat (OK, the last one I made up. But, let's be honest, it wouldn't have come as a surprise...).
I could have predicted the outcome of both. And I wouldn't have them any other way.
Plus, it's more meat for the rest of us...
Cora managed to be vegetarian for a sum total of twenty minutes. By the very next meal, she caved and ate as much meat as she could get her hands on.
Henry has lasted the entire month. Which was poor timing, honestly, because this month we began to have cookouts and to smoke meat. Still, he has endured. And true to Henry's form, he created a spreadsheet to map his progress. He's documented each time he's had a meal without meat, each time he's been exposed to a meal that touched meat, and each time he's had a passing thought of meat (OK, the last one I made up. But, let's be honest, it wouldn't have come as a surprise...).
I could have predicted the outcome of both. And I wouldn't have them any other way.
Plus, it's more meat for the rest of us...
