What made Taylor go from resenting being a "family" with Lou Ann, to accepting that Lou Ann is like a member of her family?

When Taylor first meets Lou Ann, Taylor is looking for a place to stay because she has been living in a hotel. Lou Ann is looking for a roommate because her husband has just left her. When they meet they get along rather well, even though Lou Ann is a bubbly worry-wart with rather low self-esteem, and Taylor is a restless go-getter. So, Taylor and her "adopted" child, Turtle, move in with Lou Ann and her son, Dwayne Ray. Taylor and Lou Ann soon develop a routine in which Taylor goes out to work every day, while Lou Ann stays at home, watches the kids, and cooks. One evening, Taylor realizes that this routine has made them quite like a contemporary family, and says that "all we need is some ignorant little dog named Spot to fetch me my slippers." Taylor is unhappy with this and asks Lou Ann to stop doing so many nice things for her. However as time goes on, Lou Ann and Taylor begin to bond, and Taylor begins to rub off on Lou Ann, while at the same time Taylor slowly begins to accept the family type environment that is forming around her, not just from Lou Ann but from other people as well. In the end, Taylor is on the phone with Lou Ann, who says she told someone that she and Taylor were family. At this point Taylor accepts this. So, in my opinion, it was a combination of a few things that changed Taylors mind about being like family with Lou Ann. First, Lou Ann becoming bolder due to knowing Taylor may have caused their friendship to strengthen. Also, Taylor may have decided it was acceptable to treat friends like family seeing the kindness that Mattie showed towards the immigrants that she helped. Mostly though, i think it just took Taylor some time to welcome the idea of being so close to someone she wasn't related to.

-Cory Partridge