Mother’s Day fun: Postcards from Yo Momma highlights the best Mom emails
Posted by: kchristieh in cool websites, parenting No Comments »I think we laugh the most at what’s most familiar. That’s probably why I couldn’t stop laughing as I read the postings on the hilarious website, “Postcards from Yo Momma.” The site features some of the funniest emails that mothers have sent to their children. I would never expose my mother’s emails to the world, but according to Newsweek, the founders’ moms are totally proud of their daughters’ endeavor.
Here are a few of my faves:
- “You will too get married (if that is what you want). My daughter is a nice person…just let me at that person who called you a late 20’s bitter female.”
- “Just wanted to say hi. I know you’re probably busy getting caught up at work after last week. I hope you enjoyed the plays. Did you get the movie I sent you? Today is our 31st anniversary. We are eating leftovers for dinner, and I was bit by a dog this morning. I’m not foaming at the mouth, so far. The fun never ends. Love, Mom”
- “I love you. I will pray for you. Be sure and take some kind of i.d. so if your plane crashes and burns they will know who to call. Hope you do that on all your trips anyway. That way if I don’t get a dreadful call, I will know you are just fine and happy.”
- “Lazy boy, I was very surprised to hear your message last night. I already forgot I still have a son in Chicago.”
I added this site to my Happy Links for Sad People page.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
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Yesterday was the third day that my teenage daughter was sick. The illness had progressed from fatigue to an earache to chest pain and a cough. I didn’t want to have to schedule an appointment with her pediatrician, since my schedule was wacky, and I didn’t want to wait for several hours at the urgent care clinic.
My Mexican-American in-laws faced similar discrimination in Wichita, Kansas. Among other indignities, they weren’t allowed to drink from the same water fountains or swim in the same swimming pools as Whites. When my mother-in-law wanted to go to college, an administrator told her that “Mexicans don’t go to college,” even though she was born in Wichita. (She eventually got a nursing certification, as shown in this photo. That’s my husband as a cute little boy.) Even though my father-in-law was an Army veteran, when the family moved to Kansas City with my husband in the late 1960’s, they weren’t allowed to buy a home where they wanted to. Thankfully, they purchased a home in a school district that wound up getting better, and my husband and his sisters got very good educations and all three went to great colleges.
I was reminded of all of this today when I heard on NPR that
Here’s the south end of the fountain in the mall’s central park. It reminds me of Rockefeller Center in New York City. The fountain’s jets were coordinated with music, and people were ooh’ing and aah’ing over how extraordinary the other part of the fountain looked. (That picture didn’t turn out as well.) It’s hard to tell from my pictures, but the crowds were quite diverse. I like that.





I’m no longer a minivan-driving soccer mom. As of last night, I’m a Prius-driving Whole Foods-shopping Democrat.


But I couldn’t resist the analogy after watching the following two shows back-to-back on my Tivo last night:
Do you ever get tired of reading about all that’s wrong in the world? I do. The world is full of wonderful people who do amazing things, but their stories are often ignored by the media.
If you commit a crime, don’t do it here! According to
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what the person before me paid for gas today: $90.00. They had purchased 23.023 gallons of gas.
Here’s a fascinating website: 
