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What did your mom teach you about friendship? $100 Visa Gift Card #Giveaway #MothersDay

April 27, 2015 by Jennifer Donovan

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Mother’s Day is coming. 5 Minutes for Books managing editor Jennifer Donovan is here to share a new book from Hachette, as well as a $100 gift card giveaway to treat the special woman in your life!

If I could write a book, I’d write a book about friendship. I believe friendship doesn’t just happen; it’s an acquired skill. And like many things in life, we learn by watching our mothers and grandmothers.

Both my mom and my grandmother maintained healthy friendships. I don’t remember us ever having a discussion along the lines of “friendships are important, and this is what you do to build and maintain them,” but that said, I vividly remember tooling around with my grandmother and her friends when my sister and I would spend the summer traveling with their trailer club. She taught me that living life is more fun with friends by your side.

I remember the way my mom encouraged my own friendships by including my friends at birthday dinners or even on summer trips. After she and my step-dad had been empty nesters for several years, they joined a Harley club and quickly had a close new group of friends. I learned that it’s never to late to expand your circle of friends. I guess I saw that from my grandmother as well, as the trailer club was one they joined in retirement.

My own friendships have changed over the years, from school friends, to living life with friends at college, to work colleagues, young married couples, neighborhood mom mentors, survive-the-preschool-years companions, which then morphed into each stage of my children’s lives. I still lean on my friends for help navigating my children, but my friendships are changing. They aren’t all built around my children’s ages and stages. Or even if they do have children the same age, that topic doesn’t always come up.

The people who I call friend now are those with whom I can laugh or cry, play, work, those who help me live and enjoy life more fully.

Life is definitely better with friends, and I’m so glad that Mom and Mimi taught me that by their example.

Kelley Paul has written a new book, True and Constant Friends: Love and Inspiration from Our Grandmothers, Mothers, and Friends, perfect to share with your mom or a close friend.

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When Kelley Paul arrived on the Rhodes College campus in 1981, she immediately bonded with six women. Three decades of intimate friendship later, Kelley celebrates these relationships and the women who inspired them all. She tells their stories and those of their grandmothers, mothers and sisters, providing a microcosm of women raising families and building lives in 20th- and 21st-Century America. The extraordinary lives of Kelley’s and her friends’ role models — from the Southern matriarch to the poor Irish immigrant — are honored in this lovely book which offers oral history along with classic poetry, art, and photography. Throughout, Kelley explores the universal themes of hardship, determination, commitment, family, independence, optimism, friendship and love — and illuminates the power of the female bond that enriches all our lives.

Enter to win the book and $100 Visa Gift Card

Three of you will win autographed copies of True and Constant Friends, as well as a $100 Visa Gift Card to treat the special woman in your life!

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  1. jane jakins says

    May 3, 2015 at 11:32 pm

    you have to be a friend to have friends

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  2. liz l says

    May 3, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    My mom would probably consider me her best friend

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  3. Samantha says

    May 3, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    My mom’s best friend is my dad! They have been together since they were 13!

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  4. Tracy Robertson says

    May 3, 2015 at 6:57 pm

    My Mom’s best friend is her sister. They talk every day.

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  5. Denise Donaldson says

    May 3, 2015 at 6:50 pm

    my moms best friend was her sister.,

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  6. Dana says

    May 3, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Their sisters are their best friends

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  7. glenn s says

    May 3, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    Mom’s best friend was her sister Fran

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  8. Anne says

    May 3, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    My mom’s best friend was her cousin.

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  9. Francine Anchondo says

    May 3, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    My moms best friend is mary

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  10. Holly Storm-Burge says

    May 3, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    My mom’s best friend her whole life was her first cousin, who I’m named after.

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  11. Mandala says

    May 3, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    My mom’s best friend is her older sister – they do a lot of things together and have supported each other through the years.

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  12. Cheryll Shubert says

    May 3, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    My Mom was best friends with a woman she worked with…she still is today.

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  13. Melanie MOntgomery says

    May 3, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    I am actually my moms best friend

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  14. barrie says

    May 3, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    My grandma’s best friend was her cousin. Her cousin was a year older than gram and gram would cry when her cousin went to school so they sent her with her! Gram was the youngest in her class. My grandma died 3 years ago but her cousin is still living, a ripe old 97!

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  15. Candie L says

    May 3, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    I was not raised by mine so I have no idea who her friends were. thank you

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  16. kathy dalton says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    My grandmas best friend was my Aunt Agnes

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  17. Claire Splan says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    My mom’s best friend from her childhood was a woman named Barbara, who lived across the street from her when she was growing up. They lost touch for many years and then when my mom was about 70, they reconnected and immediately became close again. As my mom slipped deeper and deeper into Alzheimer’s dementia, she started to confuse me with Barbara. One Easter, my mom and I spent the day at my house gardening and she called me Barbara the entire day. It was disturbing at first to think that she’d forgotten I was her daughter but then I started to realize that she thought of me as her oldest friend. That wasn’t a bad trade-off.

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  18. Annemarie Z. says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    Her best friend was her mother.

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  19. Thomas Murphy says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    My moms best friend is her sister.

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  20. Charlene Drake says

    May 3, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Who was your mom or grandmother’s best friend? I really have not idea who their best friend was.

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  21. Susan Christy says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    My grandmother had a best friend that she grew up with and when they moved across the country from each other, they wrote to each other every week for 60 years.

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  22. Sarah Jestings says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:26 pm

    My moms best friend was my Aunt Sandra. Unfortunately she was killed in a car accident.

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  23. Racquelle says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    My moms best friend is me.

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  24. Abby C. says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a lady from her church, the two were inseparable as I was growing up and a friend of the family for many years.

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  25. clynsg says

    May 3, 2015 at 11:24 am

    Mom had 2 best friends, one from her childhood, with whom she stayed in touch long distance, and the next door neighbor, Lorraine.

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  26. Jennifer Rote says

    May 3, 2015 at 10:39 am

    My mom’s best friend was someone she lived upstairs from.

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  27. Kristin says

    May 3, 2015 at 10:22 am

    My grandmother’s best friend was a fellow German immigrant. They got to know each other after they arrived in the U.S.

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  28. Tish Wilson says

    May 3, 2015 at 10:20 am

    My momma and I are best friends! I know she has others, but I talk to her more than anyone (several times daily and by phone – rare these days to be on the phone with people instead of texting) and we live two hours away from each other!

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  29. Megan C. says

    May 3, 2015 at 10:16 am

    My mom’s best friend is her sister, Lois. My Grandmom always talks about Annie. She lived on a farm isolated from others but on Sundays her mother would cook for the locals. She got to play all day with Annie. I love hearing the little adventures they went on.

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  30. Ellen S says

    May 3, 2015 at 9:35 am

    I have no recollection of my mother having friends.

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  31. Elaine White says

    May 3, 2015 at 9:33 am

    my mom’s best friend is her early hospital work buddy…she helped bring all her children into the world as her anethesist!😊 and grandma’s is her daughter-in-law and niece, all three are ‘besties’, they do everything together and are too cute!👵👭

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  32. tina reynolds says

    May 3, 2015 at 9:28 am

    My moms best friendis kimand my grandmothers was always my grandpa

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  33. Rosey says

    May 3, 2015 at 6:36 am

    My mom and my grandma were best friends! They were like two peas in a pod. 🙂

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  34. Daniel G. says

    May 3, 2015 at 5:48 am

    My moms bff is Diane

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  35. Debbie C. says

    May 3, 2015 at 3:55 am

    My mom’s best friend was my dad. She always told me to have a long happy marriage to make sure your spouse is your best friend.

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  36. Shannon says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:56 am

    My mom’s best friend was a girl she went to high school with.

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  37. Lisa Davis says

    May 3, 2015 at 2:42 am

    My mother’s best friend is Pat

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  38. Dawn S. says

    May 3, 2015 at 1:33 am

    My mom’s best friend is still her college roommate!

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  39. Wendy Caddy says

    May 3, 2015 at 1:25 am

    I hardly knew my grandmothers, so I can’t say about them, and I don’t think my mother had a best friend.

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  40. Trisha McKee says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:54 am

    My mom’s best friend was her sister. They were always so close.

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  41. Sarah L says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:47 am

    My mother’s best friend was the lady my sister and I called ‘Aunt Peggy’.
    Thanks for the contest.

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  42. james jenkins says

    May 3, 2015 at 12:00 am

    Her identical twin sister.

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  43. Stephanie Galbraith says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    My Mom’s best friend is Bambi.

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  44. Noel D. says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    Her best friend was and is her own sister.

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  45. Stephanie Larison says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    My moms best friend? I don’t think she has one anymore after her co-worker passed, it used to be Judy.

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  46. Rose Santuci-Sofranko says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:56 pm

    My moms best friend’s name was Betty Lester! She took us kids to meet her family later in life. Thanks and God bless!

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  47. Annamarie V says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    My Mom’s best friend growing up was Faith, her best friends now are myself and my sister.

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  48. lindsay hess says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    Doris, a lady that used to watch my sister and I for years was my mothers best friend. We all did everything together!

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  49. Ashley C says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    My moms best friend has been her best friend for over 30 years. She is like my other mother and they make a perfect pair of friends!

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  50. breanna pollard says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    My mom’s best friends were three amazing women who she’s still close with to this very day.

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  51. Sharon says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was actually a set of twins, named May and Fay that she knew and loved from high school!

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  52. Laurie Emerson says

    May 2, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    My mom’s best friend was her sister Anne. They were only 10 months apart.

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  53. Michelle S says

    May 2, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    My mother’s best friend is her sister.

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  54. Roblyn Honeysucker says

    May 2, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    My mom’s best friend was me!

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  55. Tara Bixler says

    May 2, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    Their mother’s,sisters and daughters

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  56. Denise L says

    May 2, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    My mom’s best friend was Georgia, a lady she worked with. Georgia was like an aunt to me. She went everytwhere with us – movies, shopping, vacation. We all had a lot of fun.

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  57. Jennifer Reed says

    May 2, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    My dad was my mom’s best friend until his death 5 years ago. She now has a special friend that she considers a very good friend.

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  58. Laura says

    May 2, 2015 at 7:49 pm

    My mom’s best friend was Nancy. They still keep in touch.

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  59. Jill E says

    May 2, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Mom’s best friend was her sister Flora. When her sister died her best friend was a lady from church

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  60. David says

    May 2, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    We would walk in the park near our house.

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  61. Peter G says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was her sister. They could finish each others sentences. They are very much missed.

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  62. Aaron Spurlock says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    My grandmother

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  63. Connie says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    My grandmother’s best friend was a woman named Vi whom she met at her first job. They stayed friends until the day my grandmother passed….and even after 🙂

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  64. Peggy Rydzewski says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    My mothers best friend was a nice lady by the name of Della.

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  65. amanda says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    my mom’s best friend was her sister sam.

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  66. Nora T says

    May 2, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    I think I was my mother’s best friend….we were the only two women in a family of 8. I know that she was MY best friend and I still miss her terribly.

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  67. Julie Murphy says

    May 2, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    My mom’s best friend is MaryAnn

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  68. Tara Woods says

    May 2, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    My moms best friend was named Mae and she has passed away.

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  69. Bridgett Wilbur says

    May 2, 2015 at 3:34 pm

    My grandmothers best friend was my mom , and my mom’s best friend is me 🙂

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  70. Melissa Mazzur says

    May 2, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a co-worker named Linda

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  71. Amanda Sakovitz says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    My mom’s best friend is Maria

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  72. amy rouse says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    my mom’s best friend is Janet Leazer they talk every day!

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  73. Susan Smith says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:40 pm

    My Moms best friend was her sister Kay.

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  74. Danette DW says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    My Mom’s best friend is another lady in their small town. Not sure how they met but they have been best friends since I can remember and have always been there for each other through the fun times and the difficult.

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  75. Michael Perkins says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Moms best friend was herself

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  76. EMMA L HORTON says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    MY MOM’S BEST FRIEND WAS HER NEIGHBOR WHOSE NAME WAS SUE

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  77. Ingrid Jackson says

    May 2, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    My grandmother’s best friend was Rebecca, she called her Becca.

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  78. laurie damrose says

    May 2, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    I want to see the new Avengers movie

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  79. Kim Henrichs says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:17 pm

    My mom’s best friend since childhood was a lovely lady named Diana. They had so many amazing and hilarious adventures!

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  80. Marilyn Nawara says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    My mom’s best friend was Nancy

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  81. Lesley F says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:22 am

    My mom’s best friend was me and my sister!

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  82. Tracy Melhinch says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:22 am

    My mom’s best friend was a lady named Ingrid…She has just come from Germany, and had married my Dad’s best friend. They stayed friends for many years, but lost touch after my parents divorce

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  83. jenn giannetto says

    May 2, 2015 at 11:16 am

    my moms best friend is named marsha.

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  84. Robin says

    May 2, 2015 at 10:30 am

    My moms best friend was her sister Edith.

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  85. Lynn R says

    May 2, 2015 at 8:11 am

    My mom’s best friend was Gay Lynn (I don’t recall her last name) and they were friends for many years. I believe she has passed away now, but they were friends for at least 40 years.

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  86. Lisa V. says

    May 2, 2015 at 8:08 am

    My mom’s best friend was her Aunt Rose.

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  87. katklaw777 says

    May 2, 2015 at 7:10 am

    There were three friends in my Moms life that we kids called Auntie, tho they weren’t really our aunts. They were BFFs for over 60 years.
    I like to believe that I was also one of her BFFs because we were very close after I grew up…lol

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  88. Holli G. says

    May 2, 2015 at 4:43 am

    She is a beautiful lady who has a heart of gold. Always soft spoken and takes care of her mother. It’s very sweet.

    Reply
  89. Danielle Marie says

    May 2, 2015 at 3:51 am

    My moms best friend was Pammy. I even had a doll named after her growing up.

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  90. Denise C says

    May 2, 2015 at 3:00 am

    I think my mother & grandmother’s best friends were each other!

    Reply
  91. Kristi C says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:21 am

    My mom’s best friend is her twin sister.

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  92. Katrina says

    May 2, 2015 at 1:10 am

    My grandma’s best friend is a childhood friend that still lives in Germany.

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  93. Gwen B says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:53 am

    My mother’s best friend was a rather wild n’ crazy woman name Lee, her opposite in so many ways.

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  94. JessicaT says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:29 am

    Everyone in my mom’s life thought they were her best friend – including me. At her funeral everyone kept saying they had talked to her the day she died and how much she meant to them. I don’t know how she made everyone feel so valuable but it is something I strive to do in my life.

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  95. Monique Rizzo says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:22 am

    My Dad was my Mom’s best friend.

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  96. shirley says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:15 am

    My mom’s best friend is someone she met in grade school, then married her uncle, they stayed close to this day.

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  97. Chris Martinez says

    May 2, 2015 at 12:15 am

    My mom’s best friend was her sister June. They were inseparable.

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  98. Amber S. says

    May 1, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    I don’t have a clue who my mom or grandma’s best friends were. My mom died when I was young and my grandma before I was born.

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  99. Erika JM says

    May 1, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    My grandmother’s best friend was her true love, my grandpa.

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  100. Mary Calabrese says

    May 1, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    My mom’s best friend is the neighbor lady. They’re still neighbors in their separate apartments.

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  101. kyl neusch says

    May 1, 2015 at 9:51 pm

    go see Mad Max: Fury Road

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  102. Heather K says

    May 1, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a neighbor and high school classmate.

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  103. Jacob says

    May 1, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    My mom had a friend name Lulu she met when they were waitresses years ago and they are still friends today

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  104. JanD says

    May 1, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    My mom met her best friend in college.

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  105. sandra says

    May 1, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    her coworker

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  106. Wilma P says

    May 1, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    My mother’s best friend was my Aunt Margaret (her sister-in-law). They were friends for many years until my mother passed away.

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  107. Carolyn S says

    May 1, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    My mom’s best friend was name Shawn and she passed away sadly when I was young. She was a wonderful person though.

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  108. Tiffany S says

    May 1, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    My moms best friend was her sister.

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  109. Della Barker says

    May 1, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was our neighbor and her name is Cathy.

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  110. Courtnie says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    My mom’s best friends are her college roommates.

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  111. Rene Chartier says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    My mother’s best friend is her sister. They are always doing things together.

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  112. Kim Keithline says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    My mom’s best friend was and is her sister

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  113. Brenda Robinson says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    MY Mom’s best friend would have to be one of her sisters. I don’t know which

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  114. Erica B. says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    I was the best friend!

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  115. Robby Rob says

    May 1, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    my mom’s best friend growing up was a woman named Carol who was born on Christmas. She always talked about her “Christmas Carol.” But now it’s her mother.

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  116. Angelica says

    May 1, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    My mom’s had the same best friend for the last 40 years. I call her my Aunt, they now live about a block away from each other. She actually married my Dad’s best friend ten years ago (after they’d both been through their share of divorce).

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  117. Wehaf says

    May 1, 2015 at 11:27 am

    My mother’s best friend is her sister.

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  118. Allison S. says

    May 1, 2015 at 11:26 am

    Honestly, my mom raised so many children that I think WE were her best friends.

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  119. Kimberly O says

    May 1, 2015 at 10:55 am

    My mom’s BFF is her sister, Claire. Thanks.

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  120. sharon h says

    May 1, 2015 at 10:07 am

    My moms best friend is someone she has worked with for 25 years named Pam.

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  121. Michele says

    May 1, 2015 at 8:34 am

    My mom’s best friends were her sisters. They have always been there for each other through good and bad times.

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  122. joe gersch says

    May 1, 2015 at 5:01 am

    I think my dad was my moms best friend

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  123. Deb p says

    May 1, 2015 at 2:05 am

    I think her grandmother and later her aunt were her best friends.

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  124. PuffyBiggler says

    May 1, 2015 at 1:19 am

    As far as I know, my mother never had a best friend; at least she never spoke of one. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  125. Daniel Thornton says

    May 1, 2015 at 12:15 am

    My mom had a lot of friends when she was younger. I dont think she has any best friends now.

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  126. FRANK says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:59 pm

    My mom’s best friend was Ethel.

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  127. Geoff K says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    My mom’s best friend was/is actually my childhood best friend’s mom – they were inseparable then and remain so even now.

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  128. Tammy Evans says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    My mom’s best friend was her mom and when her mom passed her sister became her new bestie.

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  129. Carol says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    My mom’s best friend is someone she went to college with.

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  130. jose benavides says

    April 30, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    I was my moms best friend till she died.

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  131. David Fultner says

    April 30, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    I was my mothers best friend.

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  132. Tracy C. says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    My mom’s best friend was my best friends’ mom.

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  133. Jen Haile says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    My mom’s best friend was me. She told me all the time.

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  134. Melissa Cunningham says

    April 30, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Her best friend is Denish a lady she’s known for 40 years and they get together every Saturday for coffee and to gossip

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  135. Rebecca Parsons says

    April 30, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    My grandma’s best friend was Phyllis who passed away a few years before my grandma.

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  136. Denise Welch says

    April 30, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    My mom best friend was her mom my grandma.

    Reply
  137. Nancy Marcho says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    My mom’s best friend was her sister Dorothy. They were very close all their lives. When my mom died of cancer, my Aunt Dorothy took it very hard. Shortly after, she developed Alzheimer’s and the only thing she remembered was all the time she spent with my mom. She died this year so I like to think they’re together again somewhere.

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  138. Suzanne K says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was Rosemarie. They started school together when they were 5 and were best friends thru the years, across several continents and several marriages, until my Mom died last year at 90. Now, I call Rosemarie every day. We’ve helped each other thru an awful lot and I am very honored to call her a friend and ‘pseudo-Mom’.

    Reply
  139. danizilla says

    April 30, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    My family is pretty strange in that they don’t really tend to form a lot of friendships… my mother probably had a best friend when she was younger, but I have no idea who it would have been.

    Reply
  140. Sharon Kaminski says

    April 30, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    My mom’s best friend was an old neighbor.

    Reply
  141. Kelly Nicholson says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    Who was your mom or grandmother’s best friend?

    me…im just sayin

    Reply
  142. Chrystal D says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a lady she worked with. After they both retired they’ve remained friends.

    Reply
  143. Dawn Monroe says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    My moms best friend was Janet. Some of my best memories are of them two together. They were always laughing! I’m smiling thinking about it. Unfortunately they both passed young. I miss them and their laughter. Love you guys!

    Reply
  144. Heather Dawn says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:24 pm

    My mom’s best friend is my aunt!

    Reply
  145. Chris D says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    My mom’s best friend has known her since elementary school.

    Reply
  146. Amanda Geaney says

    April 30, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    My mom’s best friend is a woman named Pam. They are both bus drivers for the special needs children in their school district.

    @AmandaGeaney

    Reply
  147. Theresa Smith says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    My mom’s best friend was someone she met in school. Her name was Carla.

    Reply
  148. Beth M. says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    My mom’s best friend is named Donna. But unfortunately she just moved to a different state about a year ago. It’s sad seeing my mom upset and missing her friend!

    Reply
  149. Brittany Whitley says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    My Nana’s best friend was a lady her age, Wilma, who lived next door.
    & my mom’s best friend is me. She works 50+ hours a week, and doesn’t really have time for a best friend. She’ll tell you that too, sadly. But I still live at home, so I try to keep her sane!
    Thank you for this opportunity!

    Reply
  150. Robert Tschinkel says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    my mom’s best friend was her brother Frank, they were always there to support each other in raising their families

    Reply
  151. William Gould says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    This would bring great joy to my heart, if I won

    Reply
  152. Dan Denman says

    April 30, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    My mom’s best friend is my dad. They have been married best friends for 57 years!

    Reply
  153. Rosanne Morrison says

    April 30, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    My mother’s best friend was Olga. They were best friends from high school until Olga’s death @ age 64. Olga was like a 2nd mother to me and I often liked her much better than my own mother.

    Reply
  154. terri schroeder says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    My mothers best friend was my Aunt Mary Ann

    Reply
  155. greg says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:41 pm

    No clue. Sorry…but yeah, no clue.

    Reply
  156. james doyle says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    See the Longest Ride 🙂

    Reply
  157. rita leonard says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    years ago, my mother was a dancer and her best friend was another dancer, Candy

    Reply
  158. Laura J says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    Her best friend was nature and the animals and birds! Her husband passed away when he was 60 from a sudden heart attack. She lived on her own in a lake cabin for a long time. She lived to age 96! Loved helping animals and birds and always took in anything wounded to try to nurse back to health!

    Reply
  159. Sarah Hall says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was her sister. They talked on the phone a lot and dearly loved each other.

    Reply
  160. Debra Guillen says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was my Dad

    Reply
  161. Eloquence Na says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    Her sister!

    Reply
  162. Linda Lansford says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:55 am

    My Mom’s best friend was me.

    Reply
  163. Kat says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:54 am

    My mom’s best friend is my dad. 🙂

    Reply
  164. Tracey byram says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:24 am

    My mom’s cousin was her best friend

    Reply
  165. Marnie G (Derrick Todd) says

    April 30, 2015 at 10:56 am

    My mom’s best friend was her sister.

    Reply
  166. Dana Rodriguez says

    April 30, 2015 at 10:54 am

    My grandmother’s best friend was my grandfather.They were inseperable.

    Reply
  167. Deci MacKinnon says

    April 30, 2015 at 10:37 am

    I was an orphan, foster homes, no mother, grandmother. So, don’t know.

    Reply
  168. Melissa B. says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:44 am

    My mom’s best friend when she was growing up was the daughter of a pastor. They would sing in the choir together.

    Reply
  169. beth shepherd says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:43 am

    My Granny’s best friend was her husband. My Papa, They did everything together and lived happily.

    Reply
  170. Samantha Wagner says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:01 am

    My mother’s best friend was a sweet chinese woman named Shalu. She would make homemade chinese food from scratch. It was AMAZINGLY delicious!!

    Reply
  171. Elle P. says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:57 am

    My mother’s best friend is her older sister.

    Reply
  172. Amy Pratt says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:11 am

    My mom’s best friend was our next door neighbor.

    Reply
  173. Patricia Caradonna says

    April 30, 2015 at 6:58 am

    I am my mother’s best friend. Now that she is elderly I am her caregiver, but when she was young we did everything together. My mother has always lived with my husband and four kids. She was a second mother to our children. I don’t have a sister and either does my mother so we became best friends.

    Reply
  174. Linda Bradshaw says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:14 am

    I really have no idea who my mom or grandmas best friends were. I don’t think they ever said. I need to ask around.

    Reply
  175. Birdiebee says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:49 am

    My mother’s best friend is someone she has known since grade school and they are now in their 80’s.

    Reply
  176. samantha mcgrath says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:16 am

    my mothers best friend is my aunt renee ( not really my aunt but close enough ) and my grandmothers best friend was my grandfather by far

    Reply
  177. Cathy Truman says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:08 am

    My Mom’s best friend was her sister Patricia.

    Reply
  178. Sue Barney says

    April 30, 2015 at 12:02 am

    My Moms best friend is named Kathy they have been friends since I was a kindergartner!

    Reply
  179. Heather! says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    I really don’t know for sure. I guess it must have been Vicki.

    Reply
  180. Daniel M says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    she has a lot of friends but no bestie

    Reply
  181. suzanne says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:43 pm

    My mom’s best friend is my aunt, who lived with us. It was amazing seeing their relationship growing up.

    Reply
  182. Darlene Cruz says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    My mom’s bff is her sister, one year apart and still am. Happy Mother’s Day y’all.

    Reply
  183. Natalie U says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:20 pm

    My moms best friend is named Barbara…she met my mom in high school and was like my second mom…she was there for her through thick and thin and as my mom was dying, was there for her every step of the way. My mom passed away 29 years ago and she is still devastated by her death as we all still are

    Reply
  184. Jessie C. says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    My mother’s best friend is her sister.

    Reply
  185. Linda says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    My mom’s best friend is her sister.

    Reply
  186. Richard Vail says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    Mom’s friend since grade school.

    Reply
  187. Lisa says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    My mom’s best friend is a friend she’s known since she was in elementary school.

    Reply
  188. Pamela Gurganus says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    My grandmother’s best friend was a wonderful woman named Ruby. They grew up together and remained best friends until my grandmother passed almost 30 years ago. Ruby passed 3 years ago. They were both amazing women and I loved being around them when they were together. They had so much fun!

    Reply
  189. Jodi Kershuk says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:59 pm

    My grandmother’s best friend was her sister in law Grace.

    Reply
  190. robyn paris says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    My Mom had a lot of best friends but her best was probably a woman she met at work.

    Reply
  191. Ron Miller says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Mom’s best friend; her sister.

    Reply
  192. Kimberley Thomas says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:46 pm

    My Grandmother best friend was her daughters,my aunts. And my Moms best friend is me , her daughter and caregiver!

    Reply
  193. ellen schull says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    My Grandmas best friend was Lusella and they were partners in crime.

    Reply
  194. Petra says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Inge, who became my godmother

    Reply
  195. Penny Snyder says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    My mom’s best friend was our neighbor of 20 years & I’m still best friends with her daughter!!!

    Reply
  196. shelly peterson says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    My Moms best friend was Sue, sadly she has passed but I remember spending a lot of time at her house doing fun crafts as a kid.

    Reply
  197. Sherry Conrad says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    My mom was best friends with her mom, and now she’s my best friend, as my daughters are my best friends.

    Reply
  198. Mary Cloud says

    April 29, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    My mom’s best friends when I was a kid was JoAnne

    Reply
  199. Donna Pyszk says

    April 29, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    My mom’s best friend is Ann

    Reply
  200. Tonya Atkinson says

    April 29, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a woman she met at her church named Lola

    Reply
  201. Ellie Wright says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    My mom had a best friend, Barbara, that she met when they were both young working girls in the 1940’s. They were friends until Barbara’s death in the early 80’s.

    Reply
  202. Jennifer W says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    My mother’s best friend is a lawyer who worked with her at the department of transportation. I love this woman because she actually gets my mother to relax! 😀

    Reply
  203. Alaina Brown says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    eachother

    Reply
  204. Crystal F says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    My mom’s best friend was her mom. thank you!!

    Reply
  205. Brittney House says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:28 pm

    My mother’s best friend was a childhood neighbor of hers. She still keeps in touch via Facebook.

    Reply
  206. Barbara Montag says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    My grandma was always my best friend.
    No matter what she was doing she always had time for me.
    thank you

    Reply
  207. James Donnellon says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    My moms best friend was Doe

    Reply
  208. Stephanie V. says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    My mom’s best friend is her childhood school mate!

    Reply
  209. Karen Glatt says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    My Mom’s best friend was Joanne.

    Reply
  210. Jesse S says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    My grandma’s best friend was Doreen.

    Reply
  211. magda says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    My mom is definitely my best friend, and we have only gotten closer and closer.

    Reply
  212. Lindsey L says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    My Mom’s bestfriend is her sister!

    Reply
  213. heather s says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    My mom’s best friend is her sister

    Reply
  214. Mami2jcn says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    My mother’s best friend was her neighbor.

    Reply
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  216. Amanda Kinder says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a friend who then married my uncle.

    Reply
    • Amanda Kinder says

      April 29, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      Well, actually, they were friends WAY before Lea met my uncle. They had been friends in high school, and then as they worked for the same company for 20 years.

      Reply
  217. latanya t says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    my grandmother was my mom’s best friend

    Reply
  218. Susan P. says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    My mom was best friends with our neighbor when we were little and when we moved, she was best friends with the mom in a family we were all friends with.

    Reply
  219. Debbi Wellenstein says

    April 29, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    My mother’s best friend was her sister.

    Reply
  220. Kelly D says

    April 29, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    My mom’s best friend is someone she met in high school, who she made my godmother.

    Reply
  221. nickie says

    April 29, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    My moms best friend is her sisters.

    Reply
  222. Michele P says

    April 29, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    my mom’s best friend was a woman named Sandra, they used to have lots of good times together even though for many years Sandra was ill.

    Reply
  223. amy pugmire says

    April 29, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    My moms best friend was her sister. They only had each other and had to rely on one other their entire lives.

    Reply
  224. Tammy Woodall says

    April 29, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    I am my Mom’s best friend, and she is mine.

    Reply
  225. Kaleena says

    April 29, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    My mothers best friend was her boss! They’ve been friends for over 25 years now, they taught me the importance of supporting one another and how special it is to have a shoulder to cry on but to also have someone to push you for betterment.

    Reply
  226. jules m. says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:58 am

    the only person i can remember my mom calling her best friend, had died many years before. my mom was confined to the house mostly and family was all that was around.

    Reply
  227. Kathleen says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:17 am

    My Moms best friend is me.

    kport207 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  228. Rachel Travis says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:33 am

    My moms best friend was a military wife from long ago!

    Reply
  229. Mary W says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:19 am

    My Mother’s closest friend was her sister and own Mother.

    Reply
  230. Suzanne Bastien says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:20 am

    My Mom’s best friend was a lady named Linda. In fact, even in my Mom’s late 60’s, she is still friends with her and has lunch with her.

    Reply
  231. Tari Lawson says

    April 29, 2015 at 6:58 am

    My mom’s long time best friend is Bunny.

    Reply
  232. Cynthia C says

    April 29, 2015 at 6:50 am

    My mom’s best friend was a friend from high school.

    Reply
  233. Adrienne Gordon says

    April 29, 2015 at 6:12 am

    i am my moms best friend

    Reply
  234. Noreen says

    April 29, 2015 at 2:43 am

    I remember call my mom’ best friend auntie Cynthia. They met in college, freshman year

    Reply
  235. Danielle D says

    April 29, 2015 at 1:00 am

    Someone she met through church.

    Reply
  236. harold says

    April 28, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    My mom’s best friend was our neighbor that we lived next door to for years.

    Reply
  237. JoAnna Carpentier says

    April 28, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    My mom and my grandmother were best friends before my grandmother died. I try to be there for my mom as much as I can now that she isn’t around.

    Reply
  238. Ann Fantom says

    April 28, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    My mom’s best friend is a woman from church

    Reply
  239. Jill W says

    April 28, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    Who was your mom or grandmother’s best friend? My mom’s had so many friends while I was growing up – I particularly remember Phyllis…they moved about 15 years ago and now her best friend is Teri.

    Reply
  240. Denise S says

    April 28, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a neighbor of ours.

    Reply
  241. Peggy Johnson says

    April 28, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    My moms best friend was a former neighbor of hers

    Reply
  242. McKim says

    April 28, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    My mom’s best friend was a lady that lived across the street from us for years.

    Reply
  243. mrsshukra says

    April 28, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    My mom’s best friend is her sister!

    Reply
  244. Margaret Smith says

    April 28, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    Besides my father, my Moms best friend was her sister Francis.

    Reply
  245. Sandy Klocinski says

    April 28, 2015 at 10:56 am

    I wasn’t that close to my grandma (grandma on dad’s side died before I was born) and I don’t remember my mom having a best friend other than my dad

    Reply
  246. Kimmy Ripley says

    April 28, 2015 at 10:23 am

    Me and my mom are best friends! Love her!! I talk to her every single day.

    Reply
  247. meagan bs says

    April 28, 2015 at 9:48 am

    my moms best friend is Kim, they met in high school.

    Reply
  248. Heather B says

    April 28, 2015 at 9:48 am

    y mother’s best friend was one of my Aunts who has passed away.

    Reply
  249. Kathy stevenson says

    April 28, 2015 at 9:45 am

    My moms best friend is Judie and they met in nursing school.

    Reply
  250. Carolyn Benson says

    April 28, 2015 at 9:08 am

    My mom’s best friend was Edith

    Reply
  251. Terra Heck says

    April 28, 2015 at 6:41 am

    My mother had a best friend named Karen for many years. They’d go out to eat often. They haven’t seen each other in a while though. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)Hotmail(dot)com

    Reply
  252. Kristen says

    April 28, 2015 at 5:26 am

    My mom’s best friend is someone she met in junior high…and they’ve been friends all these years!

    Reply
  253. Boudreau says

    April 27, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    My mom’s best friend is my Godmother and they’ve bff’s for more than 30 years.

    Reply
  254. Billy S. says

    April 27, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    New Avengers

    Reply
  255. Natalie says

    April 27, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    I would love to take my mom to see The Longest Ride or Hot Pursuit!

    Reply
  256. Stephanie Phelps says

    April 27, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    I would love to go and see the The Longest Ride.

    Reply
  257. nicole dziedzic says

    April 27, 2015 at 5:58 pm

    I would have to go see the new Avengers: Age Of Ultron movie.

    Reply
  258. courtney b says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    I still really want to see fast and furious !:)

    been dying to see that one! just need a babysitter

    Reply
  259. ginette4 says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    I would go see the Avengers

    Reply
  260. Elena says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    I would like to see The Longest Ride.

    Reply
  261. Betsy Barnes says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    I would go see Mad Max: Fury Road when it opens 🙂

    Reply
  262. Cheryl says

    April 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    I would see The Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

    Reply
  263. steve weber says

    April 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm

    I would go to Hot Pursuit or the new Avengers movie.

    Reply
  264. Lisa Brown says

    April 27, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    I would go see The Longest Ride

    Reply

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