My mom has built an incredible life for herself in her 60s. I still learn valuable life lessons during our weekly visits.

I have a great relationship with my mom , and her advice has stuck with me throughout my life. She taught me long-distance relationships can be sustained with thoughtful texts & impromptu calls. Mom often reminds me to cherish each phase of life and not to take things too personally. My mom has always been my best friend and role model. From bad haircuts to breakups, she always knows the right words to say and best advice to give (when asked). I'm now 32 and Mom's 65. Our relationship has matured into "walk-and-talk" fitness pals, a treasured travel team , and problem solvers for everything under the sun. Together, we laugh hard and listen harder. I admire my mom's confidence, patience, kindness, and wisdom, as well as the incredible life filled with love and community that she's built for herself. She has taught me so much over the years, and I still learn something new during our weekly visits. Here's some of her advice that's really stuck with me. Your closest friends don't need to live nearby - and staying in touch doesn't have to be complicated Now that I'm in my 30s, many of my hometown and college friends are scattered across the country. They're buying homes, starting families, and building or changing careers . On top of that, new commitments and responsibilities have made me feel like I have less time than ever to make plans with friends, espeiclaly ones who don't live nearby. Through it all, Mom has taught me not to wait for that "perfect" block of time to spend with the people you love. It will inevitably be more than a hot minute before schedules align and a planned hangout can happen. Rather, small "thinking-of-you" moments, like sending a funny picture of a bad hair day or FaceTiming a friend while you're cooking dinner, can go a long way. Any time spent connecting - short or long - makes for a feel-good memory that can strengthen even the longest-distance relationships. Nothing stays the same forever, so cherish the moments while you're in them My 20s were beyond amazing, and for a while, I thought they'd never end. It feels like just yesterday that my college roommates and I moved into a small apartment in Boston. Weekends were filled with shopping and brunching on Newbury Street, and our nights out started at 10 p.m. (which is now my normal bedtime). After graduating, adulting in New York City consisted of a brand-new Upper East Side apartment and my first full-time job in an office complete with pizza Fridays and regular happy hours. But as Mom often reminds me, since nothing stays the same forever, it's important to live every moment to its fullest and never take any time period for granted. Each of these aforementioned phases, of course, did come to an end. Fortunately, entering my 30s with a husband, home, and business of my own has been just as special, maybe even more so. And as...

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