1. WHEN YOU’RE GETTING SICK

There’s that dreadful moment when you feel a sore throat coming on and you cringe ahead to all the things you must get done in order to take off work. Then finally, you wish you could just lay in bed and have your mother bring you Tylenol and chicken noodle soup, but she can’t, cause she’s not there.

2. WHEN YOU’RE LOST AT THE GROCERY STORE

When you decide to take on a new recipe that calls for odd ingredients like rhubarb or marjoram and you have no idea where to find them at the grocery store. You spend 20 minutes scouring the aisles, all the while wishing your Mom were there to tell you right where to find them.

3. WHEN YOU GET CANDLE WAX IN THE CARPET

Your Saturday afternoon is quiet and relaxing until you bump over a fresh candle while carrying the laundry basket. Pumpkin spice candle wax is now embedded ruthlessly into your carpet and you have no idea whether to pour water (or gasoline) on it to remove it. So rather, you pull your hair out wishing mom were there to tell you how to solve the conundrum.

4. WHEN YOU SEE A SALE AT A STORE SHE WOULD LIKE

Sometimes while at a department store you see the exact bathroom towels your mom has been searching for and not only are they her favorite color, but they are 50% off. You just wish your mom were here to see her ridiculous excitement at this find.

5. WHEN YOU NEED MEDICAL ADVICE

What's this mysterious rash on my elbow that's oozing gray pus? Sometimes calamine lotion just doesn’t cut it.

6. WHEN YOU WANT TO GO GET YOUR NAILS DONE

When you look down at your hands out of the blue and think to yourself that you need a manicure. You wonder if your mom would be free and think it would be a nice outing to go with her, but you realize she’s 300 miles away.

7.WHEN YOU WANT TO ASK HER OPINION ON YOUR HAIRCUT

When your hairstylist takes a chance on your beautiful locks and sends you on your way looking like Miley Cyrus. You just wish your mom were there to tell you the truth...or at least tell you it’s not that bad.

8. WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW GRANDMA’S FAMOUS RECIPE

When you want to attempt Grandma’s famous Spaghetti Salad but you don’t know the ingredients, you call mom and ask her to recite the procedure and products from memory.

9. TO CUT THE BROWNIES

When the brownies are done, and you just want them cut into perfect squares.

10. TO SAVE THE DAY WITH HER SEWING SKILLS

When you pull your favorite sweater out of the closet and find a hole in the armpit. You just wish your mom were there to patch that baby right up.

11. AFTER A BREAKUP

Boys stink. Hearts hurt. You wish momma were there to tell you you’re still amazing.

12. WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE

You see a field of your mom’s favorite flowers and you just want to point and say, “Look, Mom!” But she isn’t there with you to enjoy it.

13.WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A HARD DECISION

When you have an important decision looming in your midst, mom would tell you just the right words to make your answer terribly clear.

14. WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TELL YOU THEY BELIEVE IN YOU

Sometimes you feel like life is too hard and you’re not going to make it, and you just want your mom there to tell you it's going to be okay.

15. WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD YOU

There’s that rare occasion when you are just tired and miss your momma. You wish she could hold you and rock you in that blue recliner like when you were three and thirty pounds again.

16. WHEN YOU JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TELL YOU THEY LOVE YOU

Sometimes, you just want to hear your mom say, “I love you, Sweetheart.”