When my mom started learning how to email (”sending things on the ‘Net”) a couple of years ago, it was great. Suddenly we could communicate way more often and at all hours of the day or night without endless voicemails back and forth. Although, in the first six months, there were a lot of emails along the lines of: “Oh shit, I just wrote you a really long email and it didn’t save and it disappeared! Anyway, I will just call you.”
But she steadily improved, and now we email several times a week, or even daily sometimes. Now that I live in another state it’s even better. And her emails crack me up. They are cute and sweet and sometimes downright hilarious. I save all of them.
So when Mom sent me a link to a New York Times article about bloggers landing book deals (of course now that I have this blog and Romeo’s blog, she’s been making sure she keeps me abreast of all of the news of the blogosphere. She and Dad are my human media monitors!
Anyway, in the article, I learned about this awesome site, Postcards from Yo Momma. It’s a compilation of the emails readers have received from their moms. I almost peed my pants laughing and I immediately went to the “Mom and Dad” file in my email. Here are a couple of my own:
Regarding my daughter and my girls trip to NYC:
“Our girl is truly changing by the minute. It’s hard keeping one step ahead of her. Hang on. Just remember you are smarter and older than her. That helps for a moment.
Have a marvelous time with the girls in NY. And enjoy your nights of sleep! Take a good slug of wine or something before you cork off.”
When the whole family had colds:
“I didn’t know little J. was sick too! Also, you are up on things! I never knew about suctioning snot! A good idea! “
And my favorite most recent email sign off:
“This is really too long. Too late now.
Lots of love, Mom”
If I’m only half as adorable as my mom is, J. will be one lucky girl.
Share your favorite mom emails!
Faithful companion: the box of wipes.
