I think I speak for everyone when I say "Sometimes you just need your mom".

So I am going to say right now that yes, I need my mom and I love my mom.

From the day I was born to the day you dropped me off at college, you have always been there for me. I don't think I could have made it through life without you. Sometimes I just call you to hear your voice and you don't even know it. When my life is getting tough and stressful you always know what I need.

When I was a little kid you taught me everything I needed to know. You taught me the simplest things from, eating with a fork and teaching me how to tie my shoes and I will be forever grateful that I won't be eating with my hands or wearing Velcro shoes for the rest of my life. When I was a little kid would fall and I would be so scared that I would cry. You would pick me up and make all my pain just go away with one simple hug. Sometimes I just need you to tell me "Everything is going to okay, and not worry." Sometimes you just need your mom to hug you.

As I grew you taught me even more, you taught me how to dress, what looks good what doesn't. You taught me how to be a polite young adult when to say "Thank you" and when to say "Excuse me". I would not be the person I am today because of you. But when I was in my teens and I felt like I didn't need you, the women who brought me into this world, who taught me so many things was the one person I was trying to prove myself too. When in a harsh reality I needed you more than ever. I needed to not be so moody, not be so harsh, and to not be so selfish. I should have hugged you more, I should have been nicer, and tell you how grateful I am for you. But as a teenager, you think the world is over. Until one day you are on your own and wish you could take it all back.

Now that I am older I realize that I need you more and more. I might not need you to show me how to do things or to tell me to say "Thank you" to the lady at the store, but I need you in other ways. I need you to be supportive of me decisions and to tell me maybe you shouldn't get that tattoo or shave your head like Brittany Spears in 2007. I need a best friend who will always love me or break my heart. You know me more than anyone else and I need your support more than ever.

At the end of the day I think about you, I think about your day when I am not at home and so I call you. I call you to vent about all my issues. In that one simple call, I gossip about the people in my life and all our family members and whoever I am dating at the time. In another phone call, I call to tell you about the test I failed and in another call to start possibly crying because sometimes I just need to let it all out to someone. And even on the days when I am sick as a dog in my bed, I think back to when I was a little kid when you would take care of me, so once again I call you on the phone just to hear your voice because sometimes you just need your mom.