Chapter 31
Dear mr S
Lets just say that you have probably heard of most of my family at least once however briefly as the majority of them are ministry workers in lots of different departments and I'm sure you know how much is written in the daily profit about the different departments in the ministry. So because of the amount of different departments they work in we get invited (or dragged along) to many different ministry events. I just get a bit fed up with going to them sometimes.
No unfortunately we lost contact quite quickly as we were both busy with school, homework and Nim and her little brother had to settle in up there and she was making new friends. You only have yourself to live up to as you are only yourself and can only ever be yourself.
You tell her you will help as much as you can. You tell her that once she's 17 she can do as she wants and can't be controlled she could go back to Salem. You tell her that its her life to live not her parents, why should she have to move to England because of them? Also I know they are apart anyway, but their planning to split your cousins up? How could they do that, S, how? I mean I know how but why do they think its right to split them up? You probably don't have the answers to these questions, and this isn't helping you or your cousin so I will continue with my advice instead. You tell her that she is a strong person and getting through this will only make her stronger. You tell her it's not your (her) fault, it was their decision and their actions that caused them to get divorced. You tell her not to stay angry at everyone or everything. You tell her to keep trusting people even when it seems tough. You tell her to keep in contact with her family, all of them even if she doesn't want to at the time. You tell her to talk about it, someone will always listen. I've never experienced anything like this, like her family and your family are going and will go through, so you don't have to listen to any of my advice if you don't want to but I hope some of what I have said helps or inspires you with your own advice. Good luck S to you and your cousin.
The answer S is that they won't ever realise that they aren't protecting us by not telling us that much about the war unless we do make the same mistakes and by then it will be too late or we ask and we ask for them to tell us the truth because hopefully they will eventually.
Well maybe I'll lend you Charlie and the chocolate factory after you finish my harry potter books, that way you can see for yourself if it is any good.
Yes he did, my family lost a few members and even more friends because of the two wars and time in between. Take my uncle or my godcousin they both lost both of their parents due to the wars, my uncle lost his in the first war, my godcousin in the second war. Neither want pity for being orphans they just want to live in a better world, the world their parents, my uncle, their other family members and friends (as well as all the people they didn't know) all died for, the world we live in currently. Do you know this quote 'the love shared between two people doesn't just change their lives it changes everyone's lives.' if you do you know the quote you'll know the rest of the speech goes on to say that that love is what gave us this world, and hate works in a similar way for if you aren't touched by either then how can you know what is right and wrong, etc. My uncle (and everyone else who died) loved his family so much he wanted to, or more was happy to die to see them safe and happy again, that was the motivation not being brave or anything like that, even though just standing there in the war was brave (I think anyway). True braveness they all had, me not so much, I'm brave enough to speak my mind to people I know won't mind me speak my mind or judged me but the braveness is not the same. I'm sure you weren't expecting that response just for saying my uncle was brave and then comparing me to that, but that's what I think, so sorry.
I'm sure there has to be at least one working time turner in the world, but would you really want to use it?
And me to you, for each letter brings us closer to Hogwarts where we will finally get to meet.
Question 21 answer, easy I would put something in place meaning that once a year you would have to spend a day in the life of someone else. For instance you shout at someone because of something they do, like a job, well on this one day you would discover just how difficult whatever you asked them to do is. Like the saying 'walk a mile in someone else' shoes' because that way you see just what its like for them.
I like your idea though as quidditch is so much safer than the triwizard tournament, I wonder why no one has thought of that before.
Question 22 you like muggle's and muggle related things right? Well what's the weirdest muggle thing you have done?
Mine has got to be that ice bucket challenge from 2014 I think it was. You tip a bucket of ice cold water over your head and film yourself doing so, then nominate someone else to do it as well, it started off for charity but I don't think people always donated anything. Do you remember it? Well I did it once after my cousin nominated me so I nominated my brother and my dad. It was freezing.
Love from R
P.s only a few days now, then Hogwarts, have you started packing yet? So excited.