We all have many many memories of Mom, mostly all good ones. When my mom passed away several years ago a very good friend told me quietly to take all those good memories and pretend to put them into a 'Mom' account of sorts, sort of like a bank account in my mind. Then whenever things seem to be going south, or not quite right, you can go to that account and make a withdrawal of a mom memory that in some way applies to the situation at hand.
Almost like a 'What would mom have done', or 'what would mom have said'? It's amazing how many instances of things that have happened in my life over these past few years that have been influenced by something mom said or did .... and there was always a memory I could withdraw from that 'Mom' account to help make things a little better just like moms always did/do.
RIP mom, all moms, you are very much missed and loved. jj