My sister died 4 years ago having my niece...some people say idk what it's like raising a child but I raised my niece since she was a newborn. She is now turning 4 years old December 17. She calls me mom and she doesn't know her real mother....I let her keep calling me mom until she is about 10-14 years of age where she can understand it and take the grief. My niece, Analieyse Dejourne Genise Samuel Grace, will always be my daughter. I was a 15 year old like-mother. No one wanted her but I wanted her. I'm grateful to call her my daughter even though sometimes she work my last nerves.