The bestest women.

I didn't want to hang up the phone. I hung on to their every word.

They never force me to feel anything other than what I am feeling at the moment. They'll let me cry, and then cry along with me. They'll make me laugh, but only when I am ready to. They'll call me out on my bullshit, even when I am too proud or stubborn to realize that I am lying to myself.

They are the bestest women, my mother and my best friend. I'm the luckiest.