When one door closes, another opens; Allen didn't see things that way and James could sympathise with his son.
Dear Penny,
I spent the day in the hospital today. Yes, it was the same one you wouldn't allow me to see you in, but my venture was not of death. Allen's wife Annie went into labour today. I mention her name only because you didn't show up at their wedding and might not have bothered to remember what she was called.
Amanda Pennsylvania Potter was officially born at 12:38 this afternoon, just half an hour after her mother was declared dead. Muggle hospitals bring nothing but death, it seems, even when they bring life as well.
Allen is devastated. I feel his sorrow as well, for Annie had become a daughter to me. I write to you not to gain your pity, but so you can understand the pain we feel.
With love,
James