Oh? You read yesterday’s post? You were worried? No need! Everything is fine! It all ended very well! I found coffee! Then I spent the day listening to brilliant people who do amazing things inspire the rest-of-us yet again and before I left I gave one of them my card and said, “You know what? I’d like to do amazing things too.”
She doesn’t even have to call. I’d be okay. I mean, it would be great if she called and I could do that amazing thing, but I could always do some other amazing thing. And anyway, whatever. You know why? Because yesterday was my dashing husband’s birthday. I was home in time for dinner. Ernie had decided that “we” should take Daddy to sushi for dinner. Know this: Ernie LUVS sushi. The kids today! I tell you!
So Ernie got a sushi dinner out of someone else’s birthday. (I say: way to work it kid.) And then, after we all had downed our portions of seaweed salad, Ernie took a look at what to you and me might look like an empty plate and said, “Mama, can I have that last little bit?” All the while gesturing at the few strands of seaweed clinging to the plate with his chopsticks.
Birthday Boy and I locked eyes with amusement, joy, pleasure, admiration, love. And I thought: not too shabby. Then I scraped the last little bit onto my son’s plate.
Leftovers: Like beauty, they are in the eyes of the beholder.
Marc Hedlund | 20-Jul-08 at 2:10 pm | Permalink
Where did you head for sushi with said child? I’m curious if there are more- and less-kid-friendly sushi bars. Taraval Okazu-Ya is where I’ve gone with friends’ kids, and they are extremely kid-friendly (and make yummy food).
jane | 20-Jul-08 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
Molly – I really enjoy your blog. I like that it’s short and succinct and filled with poetry about food, your family, where you live… You ARE amazing. Even if what you do doesn’t seem so amazing to you, the little joy you bring to my day is appreciated. Keep it up, girl!
Molly Watson | 20-Jul-08 at 8:40 pm | Permalink
Thanks for that recommendation, Marc–is that in the East Bay?
We walked over to Live Sushi on 17th and Kansas. They were kid-friendly. The staff took turns coming out and staring at Ernie slowly but surely work his way through the fried shrimp heads.
Molly Watson | 20-Jul-08 at 8:43 pm | Permalink
Wow, thanks Jane. You totally made my day!
Marc Hedlund | 21-Jul-08 at 6:32 am | Permalink
No, it’s in the outer Sunset, Taraval between 27th and 28th. A bit of a hike, but one of my favorites when I lived on the right side of the bay…
Oh, and +1 to what Jane said!