A man reflects on taking his parents for granted as they age and admits he often forgets to call his mom back despite promising to. He calls her gold and urges you to do the same.
I told myself I wasn't gonna get emotional. Mom's always gonna pick up the phone. Always. So for me, I told myself I wasn't gonna get emotional, but I think this is appropriate, especially now that my parents are getting up in age. You think they're always gonna be there, and sometimes you take it for granted. And I always try to make that point in my head. Like, my mom always says— I said, Mom, I gotta call you back. She goes, yeah, right. Because sometimes I don't call her back, and I should be more mindful of that. But, uh, yeah, my mom is gold. Wow, that's beautiful, man. Yeah.
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