Today I am thankful that I was able to spend 16 years with my older sister.  We had a complicated relationship when we got to high school, but I have such incredible memories of us as kids.  I loved her so much and I love my memories of us as little kids sleeping in the same bed by choice.  We would stay up way too late talking and laughing while we were supposed to be sleeping her big waterbed.  So many good times.  I wish she was still here.  Every milestone I have reached that she didn’t reach makes me miss her a little more.  The day I started college I cried.  The day I got married, the day I had my first baby.  These are all things she never got the chance to do.

But I am thankful for the time I did get to spend with her.  And I am thankful that the day the police officer came to the door to tell me she had died was the day that I literally forgot ALL of the bad stuff.  People say that and I never believed it…but I am here to tell you it is true.  I don’t remember any of the bad stuff, only the sweet memories are left 🙂

Love you Shelly!