Sad Day...

I cannot explain how today has made me feel, except for this: I have been really really sad. When I woke up this morning I thought it was going to be great, I had my husband, my baby, and we were going to go shopping for clothes. Halfway during our shopping trip I got a call from my Mom. My brothers girlfriend was going back home to live with her Mom.

My brother has dated a few girls before Em, but I never liked them very much. (What can I say, I am a protective sister) And, he is only 16... girlfriends at that age are normally not serious. Well Em changed everything I believed about my brother dating. Before her, I firmly believed that I would never, and I mean never like one of his girlfriends. But she changed that.

I had never met a girl, in my entire life as genuine and good hearted as her. My brother was a jerk before they met, and she turned him around , scratch that, whipped him into shape is a better way to describe it.  I never saw my brother be such a great kid, to my Mom, everybody.

She got along with my whole family. She was not afraid of our crazy, hyper, and very untrained dog. She was patient, understanding, and caring with my autistic brother. My Mom saw her as a daughter. But most important, she got along with my dad. She was not intimidated by him and did not feed him bullshit in the scary situations he can put people in. He respected that, a lot, and she earned his respect.

But unfortunately she had to move back with her mom, three hours away due to some horrible events. But my Mom said it best... "If I was Em's mother, I would be taking you back home to live with me too."

I hope that my brother can (at least) stay friends with her. She deserves at least that.

Em I will miss you, I love you, and I hope to see you soon.

You will always be the little sister I never had!!!