My Mom Is Totally My Best Friend
By Jenny Berman 

      I swear, my mom is the coolest. She's totally my best friend. If 
I'm stressed out about something, I can just call her, and she'll be 
like, "Hey, what's up?" and she'll just sit and really listen to me. 

      When I'm with my mom, I can totally just be myself. I can tell her 
anything and she'll totally understand. It's like we have this bond or 
something. It's almost as if she's my sister, only better, since my 
sister Jessica and I totally hate each other. 

      I can't even begin to tell you how important my mom has been 
throughout my life. Ever since I was young, she's totally been there for 
me. She should get an award for "Mother Of The Year" or something. I'm 
serious. She totally deserves it. 

      When I first went away to college, we were both completely 
bawling. At first, I thought it would be hard to stay in touch, but you 
know what? We actually became closer! When I was in high school, 
sometimes we would get into fights about stupid stuff, but now that I'm 
out of the house, it's like we're both adults, and we can talk as total 
equals. 

      I swear, I can talk to my mom about anything. Like, even though 
I'm not 21 yet, if I go out to the bars with some of my Alpha Chi Omega 
sisters and get totally drunk, I can tell my mom, and she's completely 
cool about it. Sometimes, she even tells me crazy stories about times 
she got drunk in her sorority days. 

      My friends are so jealous of my relationship with my mom. They're 
like, "I can't believe you went to Cancun with your mom, and you can, 
like, talk to her about sex and stuff! I could never do that with my 
mom!" That's how cool she is. 

      My mom has been such an inspiration to me. I really look up to 
her, not just as a person, but as a woman. She's a lawyer and she has 
this huge office with really classy-looking furniture, and she has this 
assistant she makes hail cabs for her when it's raining. Plus, she still 
looks amazing even though she's 48. I always tell my mom that she's such 
a hottie! I hope I look half as good when I'm her age. 

      If anyone asked me who I look up to most in the world, I would 
definitely say my mom and Meg Ryan. My mom has taught me so much, like 
that I can succeed in anything I want if I just put my mind to it. Isn't 
that just the best advice? 

      You know, my mom is always willing to help me, too. When I forgot 
to register for Biology 201, she called up the dean and told him that 
with the tuition she pays, they'd better let me into that class. And you 
know what? They did! 

      Besides being smart, my mom is so amazingly cool. She has 
incredible taste in cars and clothes. None of my friends would ever be 
able to trust their parents to pick out their college car. Well, my mom 
surprised me with an Isuzu Trooper! It's like we're on the same 
brainwave or something! 

      And my mom and I can totally have fun together. Like last month, 
she came to visit me, and we got a room at the best hotel in town just 
so we could hang and de-stress after my midterms. We spent the whole 
afternoon shopping and getting makeovers at this awesome day spa. 

      We've had a lot of fun times together, but she's totally helped me 
through some really rough spots, too. When Zach and I broke up, she was 
the one who helped me see that I was way too good for him. 

      Oh! I totally forgot to mention one of the biggest reasons why my 
mom is the greatest mom in the whole universe. Not only is she is way 
into letting me borrow her stuff, we're the same shoe size! Isn't that 
just so cool?