I remember growing up, I couldn't wait to move off to college and become an adult because then I would be all on my own and my parents couldn't tell me what to do anymore. I would be doing my own thing, using my car whenever I wanted, and hanging out with friends even on a school night. I thought leaving my family would be simple - easy even, and that I wouldn't need them anymore. This way of thinking only lasted a couple of days before I called my parents for the first time a few days after they dropped me off as a freshman in college. Now, almost four years later, as a senior in college, I am proud to say that I still talk to my mommy everyday and still ask my parents for advice.

One thing I know to be true is that while I am independent and away from my family, I do still depend on their advice, my daily texts or calls with my mom, and my bimonthly calls on speaker phone to both my parents at once. And for the rest of my life I can say that I will be looking forward to that. I'm 21 years old and I'm not ashamed to say that I still need my parents. I love them so much and though I may not always like to hear what they have to say, I know it's what's best for me and at the end of the day, I always take their advice.

I'm 21 years old and I call or text my mom everyday. Whether it's to tell her something exciting that happened that day or just to say hello. Either way I always have something to say and she makes me feel better on the bad days and the good. Since my freshman year, there have been quite a few times I have been homesick or upset and she has made me feel better every single time.

No, it's not weird that I still tell my mom everything and that I WANT to talk to her everyday. If anything, it's made our relationship stronger, even though we are a hundred miles apart. I remember being younger and I couldn't wait to get home from school and have my mom ask me how my day was, but now I'm the one to initiate the conversation and tell her how my day went because I still enjoy that.

I'm 21 years old and I still talk to my mom every day and I doubt that will change at all when I'm 25. I love being close to my mom and having somebody to talk to every day because she is just another person I can count on to be there for me no matter what.