Oh, I know what some of y’all are thinking…but it’s not like that. I’m clearly and definitively the PARENT, but I feel that my role as mom has to include my role as her best friend. My sweet daughter doesn’t have a sister and it doesn’t look like she’ll be getting one, so I put a little extra time into doing things with her, alone, to make sure that she doesn’t miss out on NOT having a sister too much.
I work a lot, so I’m not the mom who plays with the dolls every day. I cannot take the place of her friends and thankfully, she has already made some really great friends. In the “Boy World” we live in (because we’re outnumbered), it’s important for us to steal away, just for a minute, to do mommy-daughter stuff.
My mom takes a lot of extra time with her too. I really appreciate her for making my baby feel special. Before COVID-19 hit, they would go shopping on the weekends, go get special treats together, and she would even spend the night at my parents’ house, without the boys. Since COVID-19 became our reality, I’ve had to take up the slack and do some extra things with my girl. It’s been a challenge trying to make this happen from home but we’ve come up with a few things to make sure we have our time.
One thing I’ve started doing that she loves is buying matching clothes. There’s really a lot of stuff out there for mommies and daughters. I was surprised at how much I found! We even subscribed to a mommy-daughter monthly matching subscription. The things I’ve found are reasonably-priced and in the grand scheme of things, it’s been a small sacrifice to bring a smile to her sweet face.
Our girls need us. They need to know that we love them, that we’re here for them and that they can count on us. In this cruel world, we have to fill them up with all the right stuff, so that they can be confident about who they are. If that makes me her bestie, it’s a title I’ll gladly take.
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