Rose turned thirteen the year everything started shifting again and she'd grown taller than me over the summer which amazed me every time I looked at her because when had my little girl started looking like a young woman instead of a child.

"When did you get so grown up" I asked her one morning while we were eating breakfast together.

"I've always been growing mama" she said with hers eyes rolled like she was suprised by my question. "You just weren't paying attention."

"I was absolutely ...