You know, this chapter STILL makes me cry every time I re-read it.  And I'm not saying it just because I wrote it, either.  That's why I kept posting the Kleenex warnings on these last few chapters, because I could barely see my computer while I wrote.  I am honored that you feel so strongly about my work, I try very hard to make my readers feel what my characters do, as i feel when I write about them.  I always have Sev whispering in my ear or Harry or Lily, telling me this is how it should sound.  Speaking of that, I sometimes read aloud parts of my work to myself to see if I have the tone and phrasing down, and I read aloud some of my stories to my nephews, they like when I do all the different voices.  So an audiobook would probably be a good idea, LOL. 

And yes, there will be some major sad parts coming up, so I'd say just get yourself the extra large box of Kleenex or several dozen handkerchiefs and a large mug of hot chocolate, which is what I did when I wrote those last scenes.  I also wrote the last chapter listening to My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dione, another tear-jerker song.  I call this work my Nicholas Sparks novel, because one of the major characters dies in it and it's so heart-wrenching. 

Thank you for being so interested in my work and enjoying it, i have several original works that I am shopping around for an agent to look at, hopefully someone will contact me soon. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

This story is so intense that I cry while I'm writing it.

In fact, I have to take a break every now and then, and so I've posted a new short fic called Harry Potter Dogsitter, a humorous tale, it'll make you laugh rather than cry, if you want to read it.

And I've just posted a new update to both of them, by the way.

Oh God, that would be so terrible, and yet I can see it happening.

I'm sorry for your loss, my mother is sick with Parkinsons and my dad recently recovered from cancer, and I am always afraid that some morning I'll wake up or come home from work and find one of them has passed away . . .it's scary.

But if you want to be cheered up, read my new fic, Harry Potter Dogsitter, it's a funny fluffy romp with Harry and a mischievous puppy, kind of like Marley if you've read Marley and Me.  That's my therapy from writing this fic, which is so emotionally intense I am exhausted after writing a chapter.