A gorgeous mid-day heat

Frozen Bellinis

Herbed-Baked Eggs

Arugula and Parmesean Salad

Pan fried Rosemary Pancetta

Ice Cream Bombe

To my mom here, at home, and universally,

Your DNA is becoming more and more each day.

To human life

and brunch.

If there's something I've learned about motherhood in my adult years, knowledge gained simply from observation of my generation becoming mothers, it is this:

A child can never ever know the extent of work, contemplation, education, sacrifice, and gut-wrenching love of a mother in those early years before you became your own person.

And so, for all the things I'll never know, Mothers,

I thank you in the only way I know how...

with words

and a desire to be a mother myself.

Happy Mother's Day