I told her the date, time, place weeks in advance but she wasn't here.  She could still be coming though, right? I sent her a text:'are you coming?'-'No, can't''I could get you a ride if you need one'-'That's not the problem'Then what happened? I was excited and I thought she was too; at least she sounded that way.She said she could, would comeAll I can do is wait as people walk through the door; all people who had actually kept their promises to show up.And I know I can't blame her, anything can happen really; but I was stupidly upset. Stupidly upset as I watched someone blow out the candles of their birthday cake, surrounded by the people who kept their promise.Stupidly upset as I was told to bring a kid who couldn't stop crying to the bathroom,  holding tears myself.