Broken hearts...
It's election night and I don't care to watch. Not because I don't care, but because I am suffering a broken heart for two young people who lost their precious mother last night. The oldest of the two is my teen's buddy. The two girls are as close as sisters. My teen always referred to Ellie's mom as her second mother. Ellie is a bubbly teen that has a heart for her little brother. Often, I would see her at the school where the tween still attends to pick her brother up because her mom was working. The two would walk over a mile one way to get to school. Ellie is a responsible teen when it comes to caring for her brother. Her mother taught her to be just that. Ellie and her mother were best friends. Now Ellie is being strong for everyone. Many a car ride home Ellie would laugh with Peyton, and they would beg to hang out together, but with Ellie's mom at work it had to wait till the weekend. But then SIL left us for heaven, so the weekend had to wait until we re