Most of us don’t appreciate our mothers as much as we should. In fact, I’m pretty sure Kanye West was the only person ever to truly idolize and appreciate everything his mother did for him. I mean, the guy wrote her a song! And what did you do? Buy the woman some almost-dead tulips?!

Not only did those women push us out of their very narrow birth canal, but they’ve been doting on us ever since. Mothers have the hardest job in the world (2nd hardest: working in a chocolate shop and not eating any) and are constantly called upon to do more and more and more.

And they do it with grace.

Yet, they also usually do it without thanks. So, in honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, I called upon the CollegeCandy writers to share their favorite things about the most important woman in their lives: mama. Because no matter how annoying she can get (especially now that she’s on Facebook), your mama loves you and you gotta show that love right back.

Share your love for mom in the comments section below (then show mom your comment as a nice, free Mother’s Day Gift….awwwww).

Leah – Ryerson University: She comes and picks me up whenever I need a ride, even if I’m out late, drunk and barely able to tell where I am.

Charlsie – Hollins: She never makes sense and now I know where my nonsensical self comes from.

Kayla – California State University, Sacramento: My mom is obsessed with rearranging her furniture. If I try to sit on the couch in the dark, I’ll fall because she moved the couch clear across the room.

Brithny – Duke: My mom is a triple threat- she’s Emeril in the kitchen, Martha Stewart in the living room, and Donald Trump in the board room.

Lauren – University of Michigan: My mom calls me 5 times a day to keep me up to date on the important things happening back home like, “The dog pooped in your closet,” or, “DSW has really cute purses!” Did I mention these calls start at 8am on Saturday mornings?!

Kathryn S.: When I was like six and didn’t know what “Fag” meant, I called my brother one.  My mom lectured me on the fact that it’s a very hurtful word.  I was raised an ally before gay rights were even on the radar!

Erica – Kent State: My mom is shorter than me (I’m 4’10″..so you can imagine how small she is!) but she has the biggest personality of anyone I know & says that her short stature is actually what forced her to be so driven, outspoken & assertive. Kinda inspirational, I think.

Elizabeth – UC Berkeley: My Mom is the most caring and selfless person I know.  And she can burp on cue!  That’s what I call skills.

Thu – USC: My mom occasionally experiments in the kitchen and being the food lover that I am, I end up trying her creations. Some are winners, others are not.

Sarah- Virginia Commonwealth University: My mom can correctly diagnose the patients on TLC’s “Mystery Diagnosis”… within the first 10 minutes of the show. The woman’s an English major, but apparently has a knack for diagnosing obscure illnesses that have stumped doctors for years.

Sarabeth – University of Texas: My mom is a bit awkward in that she responds to my Facebook wall posts via the notification email. Love ya mom!

Carly – Grinnell: My mom could play cards with me for HOURS. It makes me so happy.

Elise – Stanford: She always makes sure I say “Rabbit Rabbit” first thing when I wake up on the first of the month for good luck! And she’ll read my horoscope to me over the phone constantly.

Maddie – Tufts: I love my mom because she still proofreads my papers, and also because she continues to suggest that I try on her size 24 jeans even though she knows that’s not ever going work out in this lifetime.

Sara C- Fordham: My mother is a full-time grad student who also holds down a full-time job–not to mention taking care of my younger brother and sister, making dinner, doing laundry, etc. Every time I think I’ve reached my work capacity, I remember that my mom is balancing so much more (and she still has a better GPA than me!). She’s my motivation!

Kelly – Simmons University: My mom splurges on luxuries like weekly massages, but is incredibly cheap when it comes to the essentials. She’ll only buy generic brand tampons and disposable razors. It drives me crazy when I run out of razor blades and end up cutting up my legs with her crappy disposables! But I love her anyway, of course.

K – GWU: I feel comfortable enough to tell her “I fell down a flight of steps at a frat house last night” but she is still my mom and tells me to get my act together, without judging me. Gerri is the bomb!

Danielle – Boston University: My mom is hot and I’m so glad to have her genes. She seriously looks like she’s 35.

We love our mothers unconditionally. No matter how angry we get at them or how embarrassed our mothers make us, we continue to be on their side. They can yell at us, criticize us or even spend over $15,000 on plastic surgery in attempt to look like our identical twin and we will still love ‘em anyway. Wait, that last one has never happened to you?

Okay, maybe your mother hasn’t gone to the extreme like Jane Cunliffe’s mom, Janet, who believes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Sure, your mother hasn’t spent thousands of dollars to change her nose, lips, breasts, hair and clothes, only to be mistaken as your younger sister. That was a bad example, but I’m sure she’s done something embarrassing that you’ve forgiven her for.

Nothing comes to mind? Well, I have ten “I-could-kill-you-I’m-so-embarrassed” moments below. Let me refresh your memory for you. If I forgot anything, please leave it in the comments, I like to know I’m not alone.

Moms are embarrassing when they…

1. Drive you to school in their pajamas.

2. Dress like you.  Juicy sweatsuits and belly shirts aren’t PTA appropriate!

3. Pull a Dina Lohan and gets all stage-mom on you.

4. Flirt with your friend’s fathers. Or your friends…

5. Lecture or yell at your friends.

6. Still lick their thumbs to wipe something off your face. For the last time, its a freckle and I’m 22 years old!

7. Try to set you up with anything with a penis.

8. Make awkward sexual jokes.

9. Wear Mom jeans. Enough said.

10. Use words like “underpants” in public.

I just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out something smart to say about this, but the pink camouflage is too distracting.

…Also the correlation between a weapon of death and women who have “the caring heart and tenderness of good wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters.” That’s distracting too.

But babies and Facebook? Not so much.

I don’t care how much Facebook is “expanding” its users. Facebook is really for college students and it should stay that way. Which is why I’m not too offended to find out that it has been removing pictures of females breastfeeding their kids.

The blog posted on USAToday said, “Karen Speed, a 33-year-old Canadian mother who describes herself as a “lactivist,” tells The (Toronto) Star that such photos led Facebook to delete her account and a support group she had established for breastfeeding mothers.”

First of all, what is Karen Speed, a 33-year-old Canadian mother/lactivist doing on Facebook in the first place? What is she possibly getting out of this? Finding out at which side of campus the next tailgate is gonna start? Checking up on her douchebag ex-boyfriend to see if he added any new skanks to his friend list?

Seriously, Karen. Seriously.

I think it’s great that mothers are reaching out to each other for support, but is it really necessary to post, what I think, are such personal and intimate photos on this particular site that is regularly monitored? Here is one of the pics that was removed from the site, and nipple or not – it may not be “obscene” as Facebook would say, but it’s still pretty needless on a college-based networking site.

I guess what I’m trying to say is…send your friends a personal e-mail if you want to show yourself breastfeeding without mysteriously finding your account deleted. Facebook is run by an outside company and by things called “terms” and “conditions.” Of course this would fuel controversy.

In related content, one of the pro-breastfeeding Facebook Groups is called “Booby Babies and Their Mommies.” If the name alone isn’t convincing enough that Facebook should remain a site for college students, check out their alma mater, which is supposed to be sung to the tune of (lame) Beauty and the Beast’s “Be Our Guest”:

See our breasts, see our breasts

Everywhere, half-naked chests.

While we nurse, the prudish curse

And wish we’d button up our vests.

Sorry folks, look away,

If we’re too décolleté

But this IS what boobs are made for

Not those Wonderbras you paid for.

We refuse to go feed

Hunched in bathroom stalls, indeed

We’re appalled that you would make such rude requests!

Would you agree to eat

Upon a toilet seat?

See our breasts, see our breasts, free our breasts!

No one on Facebook should regularly wear a vest, which is why, when it comes to Facebook, this is the only way moms should ever fit in.