Krista

23 years old today. Happy birthday. You should have had a special dinner with your family, a cake, presents. Instead I can only imagine how your family chose to celebrate. How do you celebrate someone's birthday when they're not there to celebrate with you?

JD misses you. He tells me you guys never got along really well. I know what that's like; I fight with my sisters all the time. He regrets not getting more time with you, and I think it kills him a little bit to know that you'll be 20 years old forever. Your life was cut so short, and nobody was prepared for it.

I wish I could've had a chance to meet you. I've looked at pictures of you, smiling and laughing. You're beautiful, and your smile shines like a light. I'm told you were a cheerleader, and a volunteer, and so many wonderful things.

He may not have said it, but JD was proud of you. He told me how you used to call him KD...when he talked about you I cried. I cried for him, and your family, and for you. He misses you, and I don't know what to do on the anniversary of the accident, or on your birthday. I don't know what to say or do, and I'm scared to let him know that I would give anything I have to bring you back to him.

I'm sorry we never got to meet.

Happy birthday.