Since my Mariah was tiny, I have referred to her as "my Mariah." She is mine.
Then Brooke came and I refer to them as "my girls" or that way individually. Always claiming possession of them.
Not many people do this and I always catch it when another does the same.
Today on the phone I couldn't help but notice my grandmother does the very same thing with me. She is forever telling me stories about her conversations with others "my Dawn ... this" and "my Dawn ... that" in so many of her conversations.
Claiming possession intended as a most loving endearment.
Sharing with others who is most important in ones life.