Blossoming Rose: budding pop star Rose Falcon has had her share of ups and downs. Her honest lyrics tell her life story and honor the mother she lost 15 years ago.(family)

Rose Falcon's last memory of her mother isn't as clear as she'd like. Blame it on the fact that Rose was just 4 years old when her mom died of breast cancer. Rose remembers a ghostly-white hospital room. And there's a blurry picture in her mind of frail woman singing to her from a bed. The woman is Rose's morn, and she's singing silly songs like, "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"

Rose doesn't have many memories of her mom. Fifteen years have passed since she died. Rose, who's now 19, does have photographs of her mom and she wears her mother's wedding ring on her…