On the Eve of Ella’s 11th Birthday

Ella-girl,

I have little rituals that help keep you in my world. Whenever I meet a girl your age I always make comparisons, they are getting big!  (It’s good for me remind myself that all the little girls your age aren’t gone, cause sometimes it can feel that way.) I always go and touch the girl clothes at the store. I always step in your room when I am at your house. We bring you up casually in conversation, “Ella liked the Care Bears, too.” All that helps with the missing a bit. A very, very little bit.

K

~ by Kirsten on January 11, 2012.