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[ | | May the 6th @ 01:58pm
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I had not intended to return to work so soon after my own child's birth, but I would like to offer my services as midwife to any of Catherine Fenwick's clients. If there is one thing I know about Catherine, it is that she would want to be sure her mothers were taken care of no matter what.
[Warded to the Fenwick family]
I'm so sorry for your loss. Catherine was a wonderful woman and a wonderful midwife. I will miss her both personally and professionally. If there is anything I or my family can do to help in this difficult time, please let me know. We'll be there in any way that we can.
[end ward]
[Warded Private]
Catherine. Of all people, Catherine. She did nothing but good in the world. How anyone could think that by killing her, they were in some way improving society is completely beyond me.
[end ward]
[Warded to Connie Moody]
Mr. Scrimgeour is unmarried, I know. I believe the same is the case with his brother. Might we mobilise the Friends to make certain neither of them is living on hospital food, and perhaps bring a bit of cheer into the room while Mr. Scrimgeour is incapacitated?
[end ward]
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[ | | April the 26th @ 06:45pm
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I did not attend today's meeting of the Purple Hats, as I've an infant and two other children at home, and my sister-in-law so recently lost her brother. Our family is busy and in mourning, and I had other priorities.
This evening, however, I have just seen what Augusta Longbottom, a lady whom I have always held in great respect, had to say about the goings-on there. If this is the sort of organisation that the Purple Hats has become, espousing the values of Death Eaters while claiming to support those who have been hurt their war, I find that unacceptable.
The Doge women and the Bones women have been members of this society for generations. However, I find that what the Purple Hats have now come to stand for is incompatible with the values both my families hold. I will not be attending another meeting, nor will my portion of the Bones family be making any further donations to the Purple Hats. There are other, far more worthy groups for me to spend my time and money on.
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[ | | April the 20th @ 03:33pm
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Noah slept through the night last night. The whole night. However, he is still napping like an absolute champion this afternoon. I think I may have the world's best-behaved baby. Little Noah, I am sorry for all those terrible things I said about you when you were a foetus. I promise to never, ever, ever say "why couldn't you be more like Penelope and Evander?" ever again, because if you were like them right now I would never sleep. I love you.
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[ | | April the 12th @ 01:50pm
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[Warded Private]
Edgar could have been killed last night. He wasn't, but he could have been. I don't know what I would do.
I feel so alone sometimes. Having three children to care for alone while Edgar pulls shift after shift with the Aurors and the Order really doesn't help with that feeling. I don't like feeling so helpless, either. There's so little I can do, because I have my hands full simply trying to keep my head above water.
Maybe during nap time today I can make something to take to Mrs. Moody. And to Edgar.
[end ward]
[Warded to Doge Family - current, former, and married]
Is there anyone who could help me with baby-minding and/or cooking this week? Edgar is going to be on shift nearly non-stop, and I'm quickly discovering that I simply cannot care for an infant plus two children and make food happen all at the same time.
[end ward]
Do you ever find yourself thinking "when all this is over I shall..." and filling the end in with some brilliant thing you have always wanted to do?
I do that a lot. As an Auror, my husband works doubly hard in times of war. There are no vacations, no weekends...we barely have time to sit down for a meal together. I think these things all the time. "When all this is over, we shall take a holiday in the tropics!" or "When all this is over, I shall bake bread every week, or perhaps I shall learn to make cupcakes as beautiful as Lydia's" and "When all this is over, I shall sleep for twelve hours straight without a single bad dream."
Surely I cannot be the only person who does this?
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[ | | April the 3rd @ 09:11pm
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[Warded to Doge-related women who are NOT Cally's mother]
I am going to strangle my mother.
She's trying to be helpful. Honestly, she is helpful. She's been taking some of the baby stress for me, and playing with Noah and Penny so I can have some peace, but she is already harassing me about losing the baby weight. She took my biscuits! And she keeps passive-aggressively suggesting that I go for a walk, or a run, or maybe go visit Daddy and take one of the horses out. I only gave birth three and a half weeks ago!
Sometimes, I just want to grab her by her pretty silk robes and shake her. I have got to get her out of my house.
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[ | | March the 13th @ 09:36am
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IT'S A BOY!
He's healthy and beautiful and perfect in every way, and his name is Noah.
[Warded to Family]
If any of you want to stop by and visit this afternoon, we'll be happy to see you. Chloe's playing gatekeeper, so just let her know when you're coming, as I'll be putting the journal down fairly shortly. Giving birth is a bit exhausting.
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[ | | March the 7th @ 10:09pm
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Any day now, I'll have my third child. Even though it's the third time, I'm still a bit in awe of the whole thing. A new tiny person, soon to join my family. A little miracle of creation, with magic in its blood and bones. Amazing.
The baby's been very active in the last day, so I think it's likely to be sooner rather than later. Within the week at the very latest. Then it's all goodbye morning sickness and hello baby! Hello sleepless nights, too, but I'm choosing not to think about that. I am by nature an optimist, so I will continue as is my habit and believe that all will work out for the best.
So, since we're being positive (and these journals are too often filled with negativity)...why don't all of you tell me something positive that's going on with you? Happiness loves company just as much as misery does, especially when it's a slightly fragile happiness. Indulge me and my hormones and share your stories of joy.
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[ | | February the 12th @ 04:42pm
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I have just committed what is, according to my mother, a cardinal sin of marriage: I have allowed my husband to see me with curlers in. But honestly, pretty does not happen by accident. I do not wake up with smooth ringlets and perfectly defined eyelashes.
And really, we're talking about the man who saw this happen at our wedding reception:
( Thank you so much, Sturgis, for making sure this moment would be captured forever. )
Honestly, are the curlers really going to send him running off at this point in our lives?
Also, I should point out that this is the man who once, in all earnestness, wore his hair like this:
( The Doge Family Christmas Party, 6th year )
So really, I think I'll be quite all right. Just make sure my mother never gets a journal.
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[ | | February the 7th @ 09:01pm
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The full moon makes me uneasy. I
Does anybody remember who sings that song "Summer Breeze"? I think that's the name, at least. "Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind"? It was popular around the time Edgar and I started dating, spring or so of 5th year?
I have it stuck in my head, and unfortunately I only know the words to the chorus. I have been walking around the house all afternoon going "nananana nananananana, nanananananana naaaaa...SUMMER BREEZE!" et c. If someone can help me find this song so I may hear it and banish it from my head, I will be most grateful.
The baby is very active now. We have only a month now before he or she arrives, and the finishing touches have been put on the nursery. We have created a very nice fairy-forest that will suit a boy or a girl quite well, I think. Nature is for everyone, yes?
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[ | | January the 24th @ 11:10pm
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Dedalus! I have a new project idea for you, next time you're knitting. Have you ever thought of making tiny little jumpers for dogs? My sister has some that could use your help.
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