As I enter my senior year at college, I was thinking tonight at how many small, but massively important things that my mother taught me. My mother created the way that I live my life, and without her I would be lost in any supermarket, laundry room, or the beauty store. Here are seven things you should probably thank your mother for because she really is the best.
1. Without your mother's guidance, you would have no idea how to buy groceries.
Years of the going to the grocery store with my mother, has led to me knowing what to buy, how to check prices, what to buy generic, and what to splurge on. Most of my memories of the grocery store involve trouble that my little brother and I got in, but as I grew older, I got to help and learn.
2. How to tell your hair stylist how to cut your hair.
As a child, my mother made the decisions on how I should cut my hair. And then, little - by - little, I got to take over the reigns more. I knew learned how to describe what bangs and length I got chopped off. Without this life lesson, I would probably have just shaved my head to avoid an embarrassing haircut.
3. How to do laundry.
My mother is the bomb and did my laundry until my senior year of high school when she rightfully decided I needed to learn how to do it myself. To be honest, I didn't have any concept of buying detergent - I didn't even know what fabric softener was. Praise the Lord she taught me how to separate colors and wash towels.
4. How to let loose in a healthy way.
Let's be honest, moms know how to have fun, a lot of fun. I remember the first time I got hurt from a boy, my mom was right by my side showing me amazing romantic comedies and getting Steak and Shake milkshakes to cheer me up. I also have a love of singing in the car from her. Mom just knows how to laugh at the little things, and thankfully taught me how to do that too.
5. What it means to celebrate a holiday.
She set the standard for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. It doesn't feel like those holidays to me unless I recreate stuff that my mother does, or go home of course. From decorating the house, to have silly traditions like silly string on Halloween, Mom always made any holiday special.
6. Learning the value of sunscreen.
Yes, mom, I wear sunscreen every day on my face and yes, I wear sunglasses to protect my eyes. The days when my mother would harp on me about sunscreen have finally set in.
7. How to love unconditionally.
A mother's love is truly unconditional and no one can ever make you feel as loved as your mother. If I can love someone half as much as my mother loves me, then, I must be doing something right.
