Attention Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles: Husband and I have acquired new digital cameras. New pictures of kiddies forthcoming - once we get batteries charged and manuals read.

File Under: Things I Have Said Without Flinching Since My Daughter Turned Three:

"I'm not asking you to like it, I'm telling you to eat it."

How my Mothers Day Started: Woke up before the rest of my family, just at the break of day. Fed the cat while the coffee brewed. Sat on the balcony with warm, sweet, milky coffee and a cappuccino chocolate chip muffin, watching the ocean and reading a Dalai Lama book by the light of the rising sun. Between sips of coffee and bites of muffin, absorbed the interconnectedness and impermanence of all things.

Fast forward three hours...

"Mommy is going to the bathroom. Do NOT follow me!"