The next day was when the countdown began.
According to all the posts on Facebook, last Tuesday was my little sisters 18th birthday. It has been 8 months since she left and the past week has been a struggle. All of the long posts on her Facebook wall make me want to delete my Facebook forever.
That's not the point of my post today though.
From the moment I woke up on Tuesday morning I have wondered what she did all day. I have wondered if she is here with us and how excited she would have been to finally turned 18. I wonder if she would have been so excited to receive her "birthday flowers" at school. All of these thoughts eventually got me to thinking......
Do they celebrate birthdays in heaven?
With this being Tristen's first birthday in her new home, I wonder does she start over like she's born again, again? Do they bring out the biggest and funniest cake ( she loved funny cakes) possible that would put any cake on earth to shame? Does her cake have 18 candles on it? Or only 1? Maybe they use those trick candles that never blow out no matter how many times she tries. Do they even use candles? Is there any need for them because Jesus is THE LIGHT OF ALL LIGHTS and he brightens up heaven. Does she receive gifts wrapped in the prettiest paper with big glittery bows? Or maybe, Gods presence is the actual gift. And she gets to unwrap him and enjoy him everyday for eternity. I hope there is no end to her fun and she shares her loud obnoxious laugh with everyone up there.
On Tuesday, my family decided to do something special for her birthday. We called our local flower shop and had them blow up 18 purple balloons. Each of us wrote a letter meant just for her and the florist put a letter into each balloon. At exactly 5 p.m. my family and Tristen's closest friends gathered out at the cemetery and released the purple balloons filled with notes from earth.
11-10-1997 to 3-5-2015
11-10-1997 to 3-5-2015
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