We’ve all heard the saying that dogs are a man’s best friend. But what is a girl’s best friend? As I’ve grown up and moved out, I have realized that there is only one thing that could fill in that blank, and that is my mom.
When I was little, my mom always taught me the ins and outs of being a girl. She taught me how to sit in dresses, how to talk respectfully, and how to help others in need. I always looked up to her as I watched her do everything that I dreamed of doing.
Even when I was little, I was so excited to tell my mom things about school or dance class, or even when I made a new friend. But as I got older, the talks got deeper and the moments together were fewer and far between. As a teenager, I felt like I couldn’t tell my mom everything anymore. I felt like this was the time that I needed to be independent and do things on my own.
The summer after my senior year, I did what every pre-freshman in college does: I hung out with my friends. I went on trips and went out every night with people that I knew I wouldn’t see for a while in just a few short months. I spent my entire summer worried about not seeing my “best friends,” when in all actuality, I was missing out on time with my one true best friend.
When I finally got to college, I felt like I was free- no rules, no curfews, and no parents. But as I met new boys and started experiencing new things at college, I felt like I had no one to talk to. No one to share my stories with, no one to cry with me, no one to be excited for me. So, I called my mom.
I talked to my mom for hours about all the new things that I was going through and seeing, good and bad. This was when I really started to realize what I had missed over the summer. I tell my mom things that even my best of best friends don’t know. My mom knows me better than I know myself, and sometimes just a call to her can change my entire perspective about the day.
Moms are always there whenever you need them, and they always put you before themselves. Their shoulder is there for you to cry on, and they always have the best advice. No matter what trouble you get into, you always know that they will love you unconditionally. Friends come and go in life, but you can always count on the fact that your mom will still be there to talk you off of the ledge before a big exam, or tell you that you look beautiful when you send her a picture of your outfit before a date. They are your biggest fans, your biggest supports, and the best harmonizers in car karaoke. So you can laugh at me for talking to my mom all-day, every day, but I hope that one day I am half the woman she is.
