This is so beautiful. It hurts in ways I’m intimately familiar with, and it hurts in ways I’ll no doubt learn later in life, and it hurts in ways I hope I never have to experience for myself - but that hurt is wrapped in hope, in picking oneself off the ground once more and trying again, in forming new bonds that can never replace the old, but they make life a bit less lonely, a bit more full. Absolutely beautiful.

Thank you for writing this, and for putting it in a place where I could find it!

I love how you went into background characters and made them so real. It adds something to how I feel about the cannon moving from fear and loss to happily ever after. Hestia isn't going to 'find' her happiness, she's going to mourn and rebuild and that's more real. Thanks for writing this.

You might never read this, but I'll tell you anyways. I started reading your stories a long time ago. When I saw that you studied law- I was absolutely delighted. The proposition that you could study law and still be so creative lit a light inside of me. Maybe it was possible for me to become a lawyer- and not letting go of my creativity. And here I am- never giving up my fight on creativity and in second year in law-school. Id like to think that you in a way inspired me as a girl, that it is fully possible to do both - even if a lot of people are saying that law and creativity are who wholly different things that you shouldn't be able to combine. So wherever you are in life - thank you, and don't let that spark go. ( you only need to turn on the light )

My heart thumped a new beat with this; a bit of grief, a bit of hope and home. Thank you for sharing it with us.

If this turns out to be the coda to your canon (it has be three years, after all), the hope that shines through makes it a perfect one. I really enjoyed the scene with Charlie, and your Hestia is so poignantly vivid. The stitching together of vignettes makes the allegory with the pictures and the family absolutely ring.

Not sure how I missed this one three years ago, but I'm glad I found it today.

Great story on a character that I haven't thought much about.

pleasepleaseplease, do update if you can! i've read all of your stories atleast twice, and I Always come back when I'm in need for inspiration! I do hope that everything's well with you and nothing too serious is keeping you from updating! (except Life, which tends to get in the way )

Just a kind reminder, i hope you never stop Writing!

Your stories always get me right in the heart. Your character portrayals are so visceral and utterly human. It's refreshing and heart breaking at the same time. Your prose is nothing short of fantastic. Everything about this I love, even if it's sad. (But you should know I love everything you've written on here.) My favorite thing, however, about your writing is that it bring the characters to life, even if they have died. The glimpses you give are of a dead people, but never forgotten and always, sometimes painfully, loved. It's hard to imagine all of these lesser known characters in the background of the main canon, but surely they must be there. Surely the first wizarding war effected people the way you've described. These broken lives that you've written about; I feel something marvelous when I read about their memories. It's gut wrenching, but important. Thank you.

this is so sad and beautiful, it's heartwrenching...

Simply lovely depiction of grief and recovery - looking forward to the rest of your works!

This is so beautifully sad that it made me go give my boyfriend an extra long hug. I'd never considered Hestia much, and I really like your version of her!

wonderful :)

I must say, you have a way with words that is both haunting and beautiful at the same time. I've spent almost all day reading most of your stories instead of doing what I was supposed to do (homework ;P ). I can't find any other words than haunting and beautiful to describe your writings, though they deserve so much more. I find myself returning to many of your stories several times, especially Cauterize, it just hits something deep within me. You truly take me away from my everyday life and into a whole different world with your words.
Thank you, for everything you've posted and for everything you've reminded me of. I know I'll give my husband a bit longer hug than usual tonight
Sincerely, Mitzu

A beautiful story, of loss and the agonizing days/ months/ years it takes to begin to heal. Thanks for sharing.

You know Hestia Jones so very, very well.