"But her voice breaks when she starts talking about how she sat down with a pen and paper and asked her mother to give her all the advice she could possibly give her before she died, and Kaling realized she'd never be able to ask her mother for advice again. “I said to her, ‘Mom, I'm going to be so lonely without you.’” She’s crying now, but keeps going. “And she just said, ‘You have to be your own best friend. If you always remember that, you will always have someone there with you.’” i love you, mindy. image