March 1, 2015. Ridgeland, MS. Simple Pleasures.

The event was simple. Christina and the girls picked up Chinese food at the Ding How restaurant and brought it here to the condo where we ate dinner together. Just regular Chinese food but we were all delighted to eat it together. We asked them to order 6 different dishes so we would be sure to have lots of left over food. I must note that Molly ate her whole order of chicken fried rice. And today she was the only person at the brunch this morning who ate everything on her plate. She must be having a growth spurt. Christina did not suggest the Chinese food until 5:00. Often spontaneous events turn out the best. Perhaps the reason it tasted so good was that none of us had eaten Chinese food for ages, or perhaps because we had not had dinner together for several months. Or maybe we had written an offer on a house. For whatever reason, there was a definite sparkle to the evening. Simple pleasures are often the very best.