Taking inspiration from the January 4th release of My Mom is a Fob [1], the book based on the popular blog from creators Serena Wu [2] and Teresa Wu [3], the Asian American Writers' Workshop is throwing a mother-loving book bash that same day [4]

with the two authors plus luminaries such as novelist Ed Lin [5] (This Is a Bust), New York Times journalist Jennifer 8. Lee [6] and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai [7] (listen to tracks from her new album Further She Wrote [8]). Everyone will be talking about his or her favorite mother-moments. Mom, this one's for you.

Tickets are still available, and bringing moms gets you a discount [9].

Mymomisafob.com [10] and its "sister" site Mydadisafob.com [11] feature funny, endearing and quirky communications (or, miscommunications) from Asian immigrant parents. Some of the emails and texts can be rather wacky, but others ring frighteningly true to the second-generation experience.

Click here for my favorite "mom" moment [12] and "dad" moment [13] from the sites. Someone should write a book on how Asian parents embrace the melodrama in life with unbridled enthusiasm. I mean, just watch the Asian soap operas. I do!

Recently, my mother sent me a package with a note on which was hastily written, "Love, Mon." (An equally hasty "Love, Mon" email, probably typed in a panic, followed shortly thereafter). It amused me to envision her in such a hurry that she would type/write her own name wrong. I mean .. not that "Mom" is her actual name. Oh, Mon...