When I was 21, I explored the karaoke scene with my sister and mom — she loved to sing Mary Wells! She started my love affair with good bakeries, taught me how to make dinner out of anything, and that a perfectly wrapped present is a gift in and of itself!
My mom once told me that it doesn’t matter how many friends you have as long as they are good ones. She is easy to make friends with and will often talk to strangers in the grocery line (which I used to find very embarrassing). She still has the same best friends since before I was born 30 years ago.
She is also one of my friends, and a best one at that. I moved to another state 12 years ago, but that doesn’t mean I love her any less. We talk on the phone several times a week just to check in and see what’s new. She is always there for me, even if I’m just calling to ask her opinion on something. Her opinion is often the only one that matters to me. She is also a new grandmother to my baby girl.
