It's hard to believe we used to laugh at our moms' hilarious emails alone. But we had to! We had no idea anyone else would find them funny until Postcards From Yo Momma — the site that gave children a place to publish mom's emails — came along.

What began as two friends IMing emails from their moms over Gchat turned into an overnight success when Postcards tapped into a secret that had been password protected in our inboxes: all moms sound the same — smart, loving, and un-self-consciously hilarious. And now, their wisdom has been bound into a book, Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages From Home.

Using the best of the 7,000 emails sent to Postcards From Yo Momma, Love, Mom looks at the modern-day relationship between adult children and mothers, and how the Internet has changed it for the better. As coauthor Jessica Grose's mother said, "In a not particularly intrusive way, I can be part of your life." Unintrusive, until they find our blogs!

To get ready for Mother's Day, Jessica and her coauthor Doree Shafrir, former bloggers at Jezebel and Gawker, are reading between the lines of emails from Sugar staffers' moms (Sugar mommas?) every day this week. What's up first? The Staunch Cheerleader Mom. Because if there's anything worse than a staunch woman, it's a S-T-A-U-N-C-H mom. To see the email and their interpretation, read more.

Good Morning!

I'll be thinking of you all day today. Remember, when people are
bombastic and caustic it is a sign of insecurity. They put their pants
on one leg at a time, and probably don't know the difference between
straw and hay!

We love you. Knock their socks off!

Doree and Jessica: Our little girl is brilliant, and I will cut anyone that's mean to her.

Photo credit: Brad Walsh