I Watched Her Grow
botanist, female friendship, death of family, lgbt teen, emotional vulnerability, flower garden, power of love, acceptance, assisted suicide, chronic pain, family abuse, grieving daughter, sister sister relationship, women of color, belonging, repressed trauma, quest for identity, friendship between women, shared loneliness, emotional healing, multi generational, survivor guilt, idealistic teen, chronic illness, intergenerational trauma, teenager, loss and grief