We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone. - Sarah Dessen

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

But in the real world, you couldnt really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete.

And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.