I Love My Mom She Is My Bestfriend
To be honest all moms should model themselves after mine. That's how awesome she is! What I appreciate the most about her is that she did not start off being my best friend; it happened over time. Over the years when I young and living with her, her role was "mom". She was compassionate, caring and disciplined us like we needed to be disciplined...well at least myself. Can't say the same for my older sister. Once I became older, moved out and moved on to another university that's when I realized I loved and needed her the most.
I still remember the day we broke that parent only boundary. We were driving home from a long day of shopping and she asked what happened between me and my ex. Of course I told her the bs story of, "Oh, you know we just grew apart with going to 2 different colleges so far apart." She looked at me and said, "What's the truth?" I made her vow to not get mad and to listen before going crazy or else I will never tell her anything else ever again. She pinky promised. I looked at her with tears in my eyes and told her the truth. "Mom, he hit me and left me because he thought I was pregnant." Long story short, thank GOD she did not know his address or he would be a dead man.
Now, I tell my mom almost everything (except that time I dated someone 5 years older than her. I don't want to kill her). Sometimes I just joke around and tell her:
"Hey, remember when I told you I was going here with so & so...?"
Mom: "Yes"
Me: "Oh, yeah, I lied! I took a secret flight out to here to go see so & so. Lol!"
I love how her immediate response wasn't, "OMG you could've been in danger!" But instead it was, "WTH! How in the crap did you even afford that?! Where'd you get the kind of money?"
I also love how my mom is confiding in me during her time of divorce as well. I never knew half the things going on with her growing up until now. *Awkwardly worded*. I respect my mother more for doing what was best for her children during the many crises she had to overcome, alone. I absolutely deplore seeing her abandoned, alone, scared and tiresome. I pray something great comes from this divorce. I pray she gets the closure she needs and the high self-esteem she never had.
It's great how she opens up to me about her college days and tell me about the professional football players she use to date and the prince who wouldn't stop proposing to her. My mom ages like the finest wine, but she doesn't see it, yet. After being abused your entire life by your mentally unstable mother, beaten by your husband, or even yelled at by your children, I don't see how she managed/manages to remain strong and happy.
It's a struggle having anxiety and depression, but damn, my mom makes it look easy. She tries her very best to not be a victim to it. Her laugh, corny jokes and just out-there dancing makes her the greatest mom and best friend anyone could ever ask for! I'm BEYOND grateful to have her in my life. Nothing would be possible without her. Je t'aime maman <3
*cue the waterworks*
I still remember the day we broke that parent only boundary. We were driving home from a long day of shopping and she asked what happened between me and my ex. Of course I told her the bs story of, "Oh, you know we just grew apart with going to 2 different colleges so far apart." She looked at me and said, "What's the truth?" I made her vow to not get mad and to listen before going crazy or else I will never tell her anything else ever again. She pinky promised. I looked at her with tears in my eyes and told her the truth. "Mom, he hit me and left me because he thought I was pregnant." Long story short, thank GOD she did not know his address or he would be a dead man.
Now, I tell my mom almost everything (except that time I dated someone 5 years older than her. I don't want to kill her). Sometimes I just joke around and tell her:
"Hey, remember when I told you I was going here with so & so...?"
Mom: "Yes"
Me: "Oh, yeah, I lied! I took a secret flight out to here to go see so & so. Lol!"
I love how her immediate response wasn't, "OMG you could've been in danger!" But instead it was, "WTH! How in the crap did you even afford that?! Where'd you get the kind of money?"
I also love how my mom is confiding in me during her time of divorce as well. I never knew half the things going on with her growing up until now. *Awkwardly worded*. I respect my mother more for doing what was best for her children during the many crises she had to overcome, alone. I absolutely deplore seeing her abandoned, alone, scared and tiresome. I pray something great comes from this divorce. I pray she gets the closure she needs and the high self-esteem she never had.
It's great how she opens up to me about her college days and tell me about the professional football players she use to date and the prince who wouldn't stop proposing to her. My mom ages like the finest wine, but she doesn't see it, yet. After being abused your entire life by your mentally unstable mother, beaten by your husband, or even yelled at by your children, I don't see how she managed/manages to remain strong and happy.
It's a struggle having anxiety and depression, but damn, my mom makes it look easy. She tries her very best to not be a victim to it. Her laugh, corny jokes and just out-there dancing makes her the greatest mom and best friend anyone could ever ask for! I'm BEYOND grateful to have her in my life. Nothing would be possible without her. Je t'aime maman <3
*cue the waterworks*
26-30, F
