I'm slowly starting to realize that I really should be on my best behavior for a while or I really will be bitten by karma, if we have a daughter. I'm going to go buy her some flowers tomorrow I think, unless there's a tornado of I don't know, crickets or something. I think I'll be able to handle boys much easier. I'll teach all of them to play quidditch though, my brother will insist on that.

Please hold onto the pendant. I'm not superstitious but I do hope it provides a little bit of luck or something. I don't know, it felt right. Plus now I have a beautiful replacement for the meantime. It's hiding right where my pendant usually is.

Thank you for telling me about your family. I'm sorry, that must have been terribly lonely growing up. I remember you mentioning your father here and there, but coming from such a large family myself I can't even imagine what that would be like. Believe me, I have enough family and I love them, but they're loud and they'll be all over our business. You should be fully prepared for a lot of questions and big family dinners on holidays.

I haven't even really told my sisters this; when August was missing everybody else eventually gave him up as lost, but I couldn't. I don't know if it's a twin thing or just the optimism, but I refused to believe he was actually gone and I would never see him again. It was a strange feeling, to mourn someone you didn't actually think was dead. I've never been happier to be right in my entire life, even if it's been a slow road to having him fully "back".

I should probably let you sleep, you need to rest up for tomorrow. Please be safe, be smart. Don't do anything I wouldn't do. Please come home to me. I love you.