Instead of being my little girl she's my daughter now.

I'm no longer 'mammy.' I'm mother.

Isn't it,--isn't it wonderful?
It's like standing under a mountain that's always seemed to be a little hill miles and miles away.

From now on I shall be the one to be told to do things, I shall be the child to be kept in order.

It's a queer moment in the life of a mother, Geordie." She laughed, but she didn't catch her tears before they were halfway down her cheeks.