The saying is that you're a momma's boy or a daddy's girl. While that may be true for some, it is not true for me.
I don't identify with one side of my lineage more than the other.
As I've said in blogs before, my parents divorced and separated long before I can even remember. I grew up side-by-side with my mom, and she truly has always been my best friend.
We watched "Gilmore Girls" every week and ate take-out Chinese and sat on the couch laughing at every sarcastic pun and argument the Gilmore's had.
I danced for most of my life recreationally and competitively. My mom spent countless hours putting my hair in a top bun, patiently putting makeup on my fidgety face, and giving up her weekends to drive me all over creation for competitions and practice.
She knows everything about me, and I'll always be a momma's girl.
My dad always lived far away, and for a good portion of my life I knew I was really in trouble when my mom would say: "Kelsey Ann Randolph, I'm calling your father."
As I got older, my dad became more of a role model and stoic figure in my life.
He bought me my first pair of hiking boots, my first car, took me on my first flight, and gave me both the skills I needed to talk through an interview and, if need be, camp out for several days in a desolate place.
I can talk sports, gossip about life, and tell all my achievements firsthand to my dad.
I am daddy's princess.
I spend my time as a writer hoping someone notices my articles, reads my blogs or likes my posts on Facebook, and I know I can always count on my parents to be the first people to do so, even if it's not that great.
My worst stories will be the best, my best stories will be even better. They are always proud of me and support me.
My parents are my best friends.
It's not about liking one parent more than the other or even having one parent be the authority figure over the other one. My parents equally raised me, and though I lived with my mom most of my life; I had support from each end and beyond.
It's about the nights spent laughing hysterically, crying over the loss friends and family, midnight runs to our favorite convenience store, and owning up to something that I know might result in being grounded.
It's not one-sided, it's a two-sided highway. My mom and dad might have been traveling at different speeds, but I most certainly am a momma's girl and daddy's princess.
