on the surface she is nothing
like me. But just below the skin,
we find connection. I shudder
to think why that might be, because
our common denominator is
someone I don’t want to resemble.
Autumn and I talk for an hour,
while the house fills with holiday
cheer. I don’t know where we’ll go
tomorrow, but today there is communion
here, and now I have a sister.
There is power in that. Today
I am surrounded by family
and affection, uncluttered by need.
Hunter
SURPRISES
Are rarely good things
around here. Today they
are kind of a mixed bag.
Good: Meeting a sister I only
half believed existed.
Not-so-good: Meeting a guy I always
half blamed for Kristina’s
return to the monster.
Good: Watching Summer and
Autumn test the choppy
waters of sisterhood.
Not-so-good: Watching Kristina pay
more attention to Trey
than to her children.