My mom is my best friend. She has been since I was a little girl. Words can't really describe how appreciative I am to have her in my life loving me and supporting me through the years, but I'll try.

She is my best friend because she always listens to me. She hears me complain about the same things eight times in a day. She listens to my boy problems and never gets annoyed. She always has the best advice that has never failed me. She always reminds me and motivates me to be the best version of myself.

She is my best friend because she is the only one who has been and always will be there for me since day 1. She was right about all those people who I thought would be good for me and ended up not being so. She has been by my side through everything, even when I had my phases where I would be mean to her for no reason (I’m sorry about that, mom).

She always makes me feel better even when I think the world is coming to an end. When I'm stressed, she reminds me to relax and that the world is in fact, not coming to an end. She is a mom. She just knows how to make things better.

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For this reason, it’s important to me to keep in touch with my mom. I call her at least once a week and we talk for an hour every time. That hour flies by. In just a week, I have so much to tell her about my life and she has so much to fill me in on with hers.

Your mom wants to hear from you too. She is sad and lonely at home without you. She wants to hear about your day and what’s going on with you, even if it’s as simple as what you had for lunch. Your phone call doesn’t always have to be an hour. Even just a 5-minute call here and there to check in is a simple way to make her feel closer to you and that you are thinking of her.

That lady has done so much for you over the years, now that we are grown and matured (for the most part) it’s time to start paying her back. She was the one who changed your diapers, gave you money for the movies in 6th grade, put up with your sass in high school, and now, it’s time to cut the sass.

If you haven't heard from your mom in the last seven days, give her a call. Let her know how finals are going. Ask her what she wants for Christmas. Make time every week for the woman who has revolved her whole life around you for the past 20 years, because a relationship with your mom is not one that you want to mess up. It is a relationship that cannot be replaced.