Good... But Just Not The Same

Did you ever eat...ice cream sundae with out the whipped cream? Or...french fries without ketchup? Maybe...popcorn without the hot melted butter? It would still be good...but just not the same.



That was how celebrating Arielle's 15th birthday was yesterday. It was good...we had a nice time...but something was missing. The cream...the ketchup...the butter...the icing on the cake...Sierra. My mom shed the tears that I did not let come out. I wanted Arielle's day to be happy and for her not to worry about me. Arielle's friends were over, we had cheesecake, she opened some pretty nice gifts, we laughed, we were loud and there was music. Not bad for an unplanned but filled with love birthday get together. Inside though it did hurt. Sierra was not there...well...in spirit she was there but physically she was not and she was missed...a lot. I don't even want to think how hard it is going to be with Thanksgiving and Christmas but we have to make the best of it and we will. We have to.