Our Dear Baby Teddy,

It is hard for us to express the depth which we love you. We love you so much, that we needed to make the world a safe place for you to live in. It was only this love which enabled us to fight in this Great War. However, since you're reading this, we didn't make it back to you. We just hope that we have passed on in victory, and have truly made a world worth living for you and for everyone in the Wizarding World.

Your father and I love you so much, Teddy, and we want you to know that we're sorry for not being there for you during all the trying times. We both wish that we could be with you always. I know I'm just saying the same thing over and over, as your daddy is telling me, but I want you to know that our hearts are always with you.

Daddy and I met through a group of wizards and witches that wanted to fight against the evil power that was growing here. We joined the group, and over time, he and I fell in love. It wasn't easy at all. Most steps of the journey were very tough, and it didn't help that we're both stubborn, too. We fell in love with each other, and eventually we married. You were a honeymoon baby, and you came out, perfectly healthy, nine months later. Daddy was so scared, because he was afraid that he was going to pass his werewolf genes down to you, but thankfully, you were just fine! We were so relieved! About a month after we brought you home, we learned that your hair could change colours, just like mine! We were absolutely overjoyed.

And now, it comes time to leave you, and it tears both of our hearts apart. Leaving you with Grandma is one of the hardest things either of us has ever had to do. But we need to do it, because it's the right thing to do. Teddy, never be afraid to do the right thing, even if it isn't the most popular. We hope that you will never have to face such evil as we are now, and I pray that you'll be able to forgive us someday. We never ever meant to abandon you. We just wanted you to be safe and grow up to be the wizard and the man that you deserve to be without fear.

Please remember that different isn't bad. Being a werewolf isn't something that's evil, and being able to switch colors is different, but it's fun. It makes you who you are. Please find someone that loves you for you, and not just something you can change your face into. That's what I found in Daddy. If you decide to marry, please do it out of love, honor, compatibility, trust, and friendship. Don't worry about age, money, or illness. None of that matters as long as you can love and honor someone, if you're compatible with them, and if you can trust them and be their friend.

You will be in our thoughts and prayers always, and we will never stop watching over you.

We love you so, so much.

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Postscript: Never in a million years did I think I would ever write this. It's heartbreaking, and it has so much real life meaning to me that I thought I would keep it to myself forever, but I just felt the need to write it out. This letter is partly Remus and Tonks, but mostly content from a letter I received that is very, very dear to me. I wish I could be selfish and keep the words all to myself, but the advice is so sound and the words are so resolute that I felt they needed to be passed down, as a way of sharing nostalgic advice, in the hopes that they bring someone, anyone, some sort of meaning or comfort.

Please consider this as a most dear and heartfelt gift to those who have read my words and who have inspired me to keep writing. Please also see these words as tokens of my affection for Kelly, Mom and Dad, and the writers of the letter that changed my outlook on life and love forever.

Thank you all.

With much love,

HammersNStrings