But darling, you knew her mother, didn't you? And if you keep up what you believe her mother would have wanted, why, she'll know her mother through you! As for the bits and pieces of a girls life where she needs her mother to fill in the blanks, why, I'm sure you can handle it, bunny, be it with your own efforts, or the efforts of a female friend. You do have at least one female friend, don't you?