I had no idea. When I went to visit my best friend and her family, I was so surprised. She had always been a good friend for sure. I mean great really. She knows I am not good at makeup so she sends me makeup with sticky notes on it telling me what to do with each little colored thingy. She buys me little Ziploc sized bags with cute dogs and cowgirls on them. She also knows what I will and won’t eat. So that’s how she got to be my best friend because that is really the nicest you can be.

What I didn’t know is that she is also the best mom. Don’t get me twisted, I knew she was a good mom. Like she said shit once in front of her son and then corrected it in the same breath. “I said ship!” To be a good parent, you have to be able to think on your feet. Because those little assholes will test you.

We talk all the time but I had no idea she was the best mom — at least not like in any official capacity. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw this hanging in her kitchen. Pow! Laminated for posterity.

I didn’t even know that People magazine covers that kind of thing to be honest. I had seen the Sexiest Man Alive issues but somehow I must have missed the Best Mom Alive issue. TBH, the issue doesn’t say best mom alive but I just saw her and she is definitely alive.

So congratulations are in order for a lot of stuff. Cheers Vera! Apparently you really are The Best at Everything.