When you’re a teenager, your mom can be seen as one of the most annoying people ever. She always seems to be in your business, she nags you about everything and you often find yourself wondering if she was ever a teenager herself because she just doesn’t seem to get it. When you become a college student and no longer see your mom everyday you realize that your mom is not the monster that you once made her out to be. We used to think our moms were this and that, but the truth of it all is that as teenagers we thought we knew everything and our moms knew nothing. But now that we are no longer teens we realize that it was, in fact, the other way around. If you’re reading this and you’re still in high school, you’re probably thinking that I’m nuts and that there in no way one can miss their mom that much, but believe me, you will.
Your mom loves you whether you want to believe it or not. Regardless of how many fights you’ve had and how many tears you’ve shed. I know it may seem like she’s out to ruin your life, but she just doesn’t want you to go through the same things that she went through at your age. Our moms are the one person that most of us can count on for everything. As you grow older, you realize that your mom is one of the only people that will always have your back. It’s been said that we spend years wanting our parents to get off of our backs only to realize they are sometimes are the only ones who actually have it. When you get to college you realize this to be true. Friends will come and go, but the love your mom has for you will always remain.
It took me until my freshman year of college to truly understand just how much my mom has done for me and how lucky I am to have her in my life. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder and that couldn’t have been more true for how being away from my mom affected our relationship. Before coming to college, I was that girl that said that she was “never coming home”; I thought I was an adult and didn’t need my mom. I was wrong. I called her every night the first week, multiple times a night crying about hating school and wanting to come home. It was over the course of that week that I realized how amazing my mom is. She answered every time I called bawling, even though I had to be a pain in the neck. She reassured me that I was going to be okay. For the first time I was openly willing to admit that I needed my mom.
It’s okay to need your mom and to want to talk to her. Being away at school for the first time can be scary. For a lot of people, myself included it’s your first time being completely independent. No one is there to tell you to do your laundry, what to eat for dinner or to go to class. All of the newfound responsibility can be overwhelming. Calling your mom and telling her about your day or your problems does not make you lame. In fact, calling your mom will mean more to her than you realize.