Students share special bond with moms

by Julia Fullmer FUL02007@BYUI.EDU Scroll Staff

“I love talking to my mom, especially when I call her because she has such good advice,” Jenni Ruggiero, a freshman from South Jordan, Utah, said.

“My mother and I are very close. I love her to death,” Joe Quillen, freshman from Centennial, Colo., said. “Whatever she says I try to follow. ... I love her so much, more than anything. She’s always been there for me, when I was younger, less mature, she still loved me even if I didn’t return the affection. Now all I try to do is return her love.”

Many students at BYU-Idaho reflect fondly on their favorite activity to do with their mom.
“When I was a senior my mom would always get us out of school, and we always go to a matinee, go shopping and get lunch,” Julie Christianson, a freshman Altoona, Iowa, said.

Even little things can strengthen the mother-child bond.

“We like to clean the house together. The last time I went home, the highlight was cleaning the garage. We grocery shop, make dinner together and we scrapbook,” Bridget Dustin, a freshman from Fort Collins, Colo., said.

Doing activities with mom doesn’t always have to be about something big. Giving time can show how much a mother cares.

“We sit and watch TV together. We eat ice cream together,” Jacob Stephenson, a junior from Delafield, Wis., said.

Students have a special relationship with their mothers.

“My mom is the world’s greatest. I love hanging out with [her]. We do things from sitting and talking together to having a girl’s night out with sisters. Having girls’ night out is important since my mom’s now outnumbered three to one with my brothers since I left for college,” Karalee Shaw, a freshman from South Jordan, Utah, said.