Happy Birthday, Sis.....where ever you are!

So, today would have been my sister's 21st birthday. She died the day before Thanksgiving in 1995. She was 12, I was 13. I still think about her a lot. I miss her even more. I haven't cried today, but I feel like I may. She was born with cerebral palsy and was severly handicapped. She couldn't speak or communicate much. I really didn't understand her abilities growing up, and I'm still unclear about everything now. I just knew that I loved her no matter what. I'm pissed that we were denied the opportunity to be sisters in every sense. We never got to fix each other's hair, share secrets, she wasn't in my wedding and she never got to meet my husband or my son. I'm angry. We were robbed!! I'd give anything to have a conversation with her, to hug her, hell, even to have a good sister fight. I learned a lot from her though. She taught me tolerance, patience, and how to love blindly. Cassie taught me to be a better person. I feel the waterworks beginning. So...here's to you Cassie...I raise my glass in honor and memory of you and I can't wait to see you again! I love you.