Fallout (Crank 3)

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.