Friends Mom Verified -

When you’re young, you assume your friends' parents were always old. Now, when I look at Diane, I don't just see Mark’s mom. I see the girl from Oregon. I see the young wife. I see the exhausted mother of a toddler. It makes the gray hairs look less like aging and more like earned wisdom.

When you’re a teenager, she’s just "Mrs. Davis." She’s the one who yells up the stairs that pizza rolls are ready, asks if you need a ride home, and gives you that look when you and her son are pushing curfew by eleven minutes. friends mom

On the drive home, I realized that the "village" we hear so much about isn't just for raising kids. It’s for living life. Diane isn't my mom. But she is part of my foundation. When you’re young, you assume your friends' parents

Here is what I’ve learned from my unofficial "second mom": I see the young wife

There’s a unique kind of relationship that doesn’t get talked about enough: the one you have with your best friend’s mom.

The Quiet Wisdom of My Friend’s Mom

If you’re reading this and your best friend’s mom is still around, text her. Ask her about Oregon.