When Your Daughter Becomes Your Bestie

Sophie asked if we could ‘hang out’ at Target today and I had to physically restrain myself from doing a victory dance. Thirteen years of being ‘just Mom’ and suddenly I’m worthy of actual friend status.

When Your Daughter Becomes Your Bestie

We spent two hours wandering the aisles, her showing me TikToks, me pretending I don’t already follow half the accounts she’s sharing. She tried on my jacket, I borrowed her hair tie, and for a brief shining moment we weren’t mother and daughter – we were just two girls being ridiculous in Target.

The real victory? When her friends showed up and she introduced me as her ‘bestie who’s also my mom.’ I played it so cool. I was dying inside. Best day ever.

Sharing clothes and secrets

Marcus found us later trying on each other’s entire wardrobe in the living room. He just shook his head and muttered something about ‘this house has too much estrogen.’ He’s not wrong.