OK, so Mother’s Day was last Saturday, and if you didn’t know that then you really could use some help. Let's start off with this: Mother’s Day is the day that we as a society honor our mothers, or mother-like figures, for all that they do in our lives. Mothers are some of the hardest workers in this nation and are are never paid for all that they do. Other than the actual pain of childbirth, mothers often have to stop working to raise their new child for the next year or so. I’m not here to bring you down, but now we need to talk about how to make it up to your mom.

First of all, it is best if you are able to celebrate this day with your mom. First things first, send a card to your mom. I suggest that you send a homemade card, but if you are not artistic, then you may need to buy one from Kroger or Walgreens. Send it in the mail as soon as your read this, GO NOW, and come back to reading this after it is in the mail. Good! Next thing you should do is call your mom and tell her that you sent a card to her and that it would be arriving soon. Now for the slightly harder part, you have to plan to make it out to see your mom. I suggest that you go see her this coming weekend or the following depending on the amount of work you have. If you live on the other side of the state, country or the world, then it is understandable if you can't see her. However, your mother would appreciate getting to see you again. If all else fails, when you call her and talk to her ask her to set up Skype or to face time you later this evening. If you can’t be there physically for her than you can at least be there digitally.

If you are video chatting with your parents, be sure that you know what you are going to talk about while you are on call, you don’t want there to be an awkward silence between you two. Keep in mind your roommates and how loud they are. If you're having a conversation with your parents, you don’t want your roommate to come barging into your room doing things your parents would not approve of. But that never happens in college right? After you have had the video call, I suggest that it should be 30-60 minutes depending on how often you talk, you should slowly start talking to her more often. Every little bit will help cheer up your parents and show them how much they mean to you. A simple text message can always brighten the day.

Don’t lose contact with your parents just because you are in college; you don’t need to call them every day, but an open line of communication is always a good thing to have, especially after all they have done for you.