You know that feeling, when you haven’t seen your best friend in awhile? And then the moment when you finally do, you feel overwhelmed, excited. You feel as if they were never really gone. You feel complete! Well that’s the feeling I get at three o’clock everyday when I get to see my mom!
My mom and I were always really close. I always thought that because she was my mom, she had to be. Like she had no choice, you know? But then everyday, that theory is proven wrong. I know my mom doesn’t do it because she “has” to, but because she wants to. Our personalities attract each other. Knowing that I have her at my side always and forever, makes me feel like I was given everything in the world! I couldn’t even come no where near comparing my mom to anyone else. I can confidently say that my mom isn’t just that, but she’s my best friend ever!
My mom and I have this special connection. We have inside jokes that no one will ever understand, not even our family. Everyday after school dismissal at 2:45pm I wait for my mom to pick me up, waiting and searching for her car. I jump every time I see a similar van as hers; when I realize it isn’t her, I die a little each time. But finally when I notice the pink cotton candy origami star and the white cross hanging from her mirror, a huge grin appears on my face; it’s like the first time all over again.
As soon as I hop into the car, she asks, like any other driver would ask, “how was your day?” just to start conversation. My mom would first give me a treat and then I just jump into talking with her non-stop! Even sometimes when we hit rush hour it never seems to be enough time for us to talk. I mean we can start off talking about our day, to how amusement parks are bad for animals, to ending our conversation on what our favorite dessert is!
But don’t get me wrong, like any other best friend and mother-daughter relationship we do have our ups and downs. We can have an everyday conversation turn into a nasty yet meaningful argument. It’s rare for us to get into a small fight so when it happens, it’s like the wind is knocked out of me. I plug in my earplugs and blast my music to full volume and stare at random objects. If I have the option to be alone, I take it -with no hesitation. My mom on the other hand, just ignores me and starts doing her own thing. Throughout the whole time, being apart, we both think about what happened and calm down. We start to understand each other opinion.
After awhile I start to miss her, ESPECIALLY when I have something to talk to her about something! The thing is, we’re blood related… and my mom is a bit stubborn, which means so am I. Which is hard because no wants to admit they’re wrong, and we’ll act like we don’t care, and that we were right. But then after a few hours we start to give in. My mom will say things like “food’s ready, you hungry?” or “Did you finish your homework?”. And I will give her what she wants to hear like “I finished all my homework, so now I’m ahead in school”. I sometimes exaggerate a bit. Slowly we would start talking again, then end our conversation like nothing happened. Like the stubborn people we are, we don’t admit to each other that we were wrong we just learn new things about each other and love each other more!
I know being best friends with your mom isn’t “cool” but I don’t care. My mom is my mom and my best friend! We’ve know each other my whole life -literally, but each day we learn something new from each other!