One of my favorite things about my relationship with my mother is our open communication. I tell her everything. Neither of our friends believe us, though. And having distance. I have a much better relationship with my mother than most of my friends have with theirs because my mother accepted along time ago that I wouldn't always be her baby and I wouldn't always live in her house and most importantly, that I'm going to grow up and be my own person. Her reasoning, as she has told me many times, was that she worked hard to bring me up to be a responsible adult, and that she had to learn to trust me to make my own decisions and then survive my own mistakes; she couldn't always recuse me or take care of me.

I guess, in summary, what I think make a good mother is love, trust, and communication... Just like any other relationship.

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