Happy Mother's Day

For as long as I can remember I have been a Daddy's Girl.  You know the type of girl that thinks their father walks on water.  Growing up, if I were to have to choose a  side, you can ask my mom, I would probably choose my father's.  I guess that's how it is supposed to work... it's nature.  Girls love their daddies.

Don't get me wrong.  I have ALWAYS loved my mom.   Even through our trying times in junior high school when we couldn't be in the same room with one another without fighting, I still loved her.  But I have to say it wasn't until I was older, that I really discovered our friendship.  I had friends in high school whose moms were their friend.  And I remember getting so mad that my mom and I didn't have that relationship.  When I would inform her of this, usually when I wanted to do something and she would tell me no, she would remind me that she wasn't my friend... she was my mother.  Boy, did that drive me nuts.  But as I moved out of the house and off to college, my mom became, and still is, one of my closest and dearest friends.  The friend that you can call no matter what and is going to give you a straight and honest answer.  The type of friend that will drop anything when you need something.  That type of friend... I value all of my friendships, but the one that I value the most is my moms.

So for Mother's Day, I wish that I, too, have the same wisdom to love my daughter enough to be her mother when she needs mother and when she grows up...one of her best friends.