My mom isn't my best friend. She's my mother, life-giver, female parental unit, etc. She gets to boss me around, and honestly sometimes she needs to. How else would I have learned not to stick forks in electrical outlets? It gets old, as it does for nearly everyone. She grounds me, she sends me to my room, she yells at me. Basically, she does everything a mom is supposed to do when I'm being a brat.
My mom isn't my best friend. We fight a lot, especially when I was a teenager. We fight about how late I get up, how late I stay out, about me not listening to her or her not listening to me. We fight about everything and nothing, as mothers and daughters tend to. Since we're nearly the same person, it's no wonder that it happens.
My mom isn't my best friend. She's so much more than that. She's my number one fan. She's the first to catch me when I fall. She's the first one to congratulate me whenever I accomplish something. She supports nearly everything I want to do. By saying she's my best friend it demeans her role in my life. She means more to me than a single article could even begin to describe. I can only hope to be like her when I'm a mom one day.