One of the best things about becoming a mom is that you get to mess with your kids in many of the same ways your mom messed with you. It's often unintentional of course, but when I'm singing along with the radio in the car and my kid begs me to stop, I know I've entered that special club. Someday my driving, the way I talk to waitstaff, and my bitter complaints about the price of things nowadays will all fill my child with the exasperation only a kid can feel towards their mother. 

Now I have one more thing to add to the list: I can't wait to send her e-mail. And I'm totally in love with Postcards From Yo Mama, a site where readers can submit the choicest correspondence from their mothers. Right away the one about Jessica Simpson's salad caught my eye, perhaps because the line "I think it would be kinda fun to make my own croutons. What do u think?" slayed me. Here's to the day when I make the site. Happy Mother's Day, xoxoxo darling, I luv you.