Entry tags:

horcruxes: family: theodore, horcruxes: ministry: wizengamot, horcruxes: wards: lucia, horcruxes: wards: private, horcruxes: wards: public, horcruxes: women: lucia

020; 8 November 1979.
[Warded Private]

I cannot allow myself too much hope. Five months is absolutely nothing compared to what we have endured before. But she is pregnant. And if she is pregnant, perhaps a son - Truly there is nothing I would not do to make it so. Unfortunately there is little I can do but allow time.

She must rest, and have the proper food, healers, potions - I must see that she is taken care of these next few months and that there is no activity that is too strenuous. We will not lose this child.

[Warded to Lucia]

I know that Prisca and Tullia enjoyed the theatre tremendously. Thank you for arranging it.

How frequently are you having the healer come in? I want you to rest and keep your activity and chores to a minimum the next few weeks. I know there is the school project, but much of that you should be able to do from home. I want nothing to keep you or our child from health in the next few weeks. And you are to have anything the Healer recommends - do not worry about inconvenience or cost. I realise that this may count as a production, but I do not wish anything to happen to you ma cherie.

There has been much chatter about the choices made on the new ID cards, and I have yet to determine precisely why the focus is on one insignificant object over another. In truth, if the purpose of the ID is to have a photo and a name, to essentially identify an individual so that there is no incident such as the one earlier in the month, one must wonder why any of the items outside of name and photo and possibly current residence are necessary. I think if we quibble over what is essential and what is not, we open up a debate that may go on indefinitely and in the meantime, the problem at hand is not solved.

The Wizengamot needed to make a decision in a timely fashion and they have made one. Does that mean we must all agree with every element? Certainly not. But I do believe that the action itself - the ID card - will improve efficiency for our Aurors and our hitwizards, as well as others in the government who work with large numbers of our population and for that I am grateful. These men and women work tirelessly to serve our country and if this will make their jobs a bit easier I believe it is a good thing.