It has, indeed, been a happy day for me. The four of spent the day at a spring street fair (this one just east of the city, in Alameda), I received nice notes and calls from lots of friends and family, and Q and the girls were sweet enough to give me a few presents – including a strawberry plant that Zoe planted at school and a little picture frame (courtesy of Elena) from Avery. More trinkets for this mom to treasure!

-M

Yesterday, prompted by a drive past our old place on Noe. St., Q and I started counting up the number of places in which one of us has lived. We told Zoe that she has had only one home, and she responded by saying, “I know another place! I lived in Mommy’s tummy!” I thought it was a pretty appropriate pre-Mother’s Day comment, as I’m very much thinking today of the time when she was in my stomach and when I first became a mom. I’m so grateful to both her and Avery for coming along and helping make me a better, happier (yet busier and slightly more exhausted) person. And I’m grateful to my mom and Q’s for having paved the way.

Happy Mother’s Day, everyone!

-M