Our Triplet Sister Passed Away When We Were Only Eleven—On Our 21st Birthday, Mom Handed Us a Box that She Had Left Behind

And I am still your sister.”

The recording ended.

Nobody spoke.

We simply held each other and cried.

Later that afternoon, we cut three slices of birthday cake.

One for Leila.

One for me.

And one for Nora.

For the first time since losing her, the empty chair no longer felt like a reminder of death.

It felt like a place reserved for love.