Dear Journal,

Does God HATE me or something? It all started when a storm came to town. Americus and I when to the to Dixie's cellar, while Sister brought soup to Dixie, who didn't want to go in the cellar and said she wasn't afraid. Sister said she will meet us later. When we got there Mrs. Ortiz was there with her daughters. Sister never came back.

Henry and Leona were the first to be buried. They did together, which was weird for them. It may have been the first they were together. Sister Husband was the last. When they found her she was alive but didn't make it after five days on life support. I pretend that she was still her for a while. I pretend that she was shopping with me or laughing at something Americus did. I moved in with Moses and Certain for a while. I closed myself off from everyone. Forney still came every day, and her friends called all the time. Some random people called too. I think there are for AA because the all started with 'Hi, name is......'

Wal-Mart was completely destroyed. We were told that they were not going to be rebuilding the store but we would have guaranteed in a new store in Poteau, which was fifty-four miles from home. I thought about moving to there but Forney didn't want me to at all.

So I when to Lexie for help. She told that Forney Hull was in love with me. Why would he be in love with me? She told he likes every little thing about me. But he's not like us, he educated, rich and too good for me.

Did you know that Sister left everything to me? Overall I got 26,000 from her house and life insurance. When Ray, the executor of the 'estate', told me I was in shock for a small while. Then I decided that I'm going to stay in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

Novalee