You know how babies still think they're an extension of their mom, still connected, tethered together?
Bee is like that with her mama. That's why everything she likes is "our favorites". Because in her mind of course her mama loves elmo and ballet as much as she does.
Whatever she doesn’t like, she assumes her mama doesn't either. Her mama is pretty so she must be pretty too. Bee can dance, naturally her mama can too. Her mama is a great painter so Bee is too. They do just about everything together and Bee loves that.
She falls and scrapes her knee, her mama will make her feel better. She goes to her mama first.
She was just told a big secret, well of course she has to immediately tell her mama.
Her mama was her first friend. Her best friend.
As she gets older, she'll learn that they can and will have different interests. She's going to grow into her own independent person. Her mama is still going to be the first person she calls when she needs someone to vent to, celebrate good news or just gossip with. She is one of her best friends after all.














