Tattered and Torn

What if everything you'd ever known, everything you'd come to believe, was suddenly stood on end? How do you stand right-side-up in an upside-down world? And how do you love your family--the only family you have--family you just met--when you're too afraid of the past to embrace the future?

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." ~Rachel Louise Carson

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. " ~Jane Howard

"A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. " ~Washington Irving

"In a broken nest there are few whole eggs." ~Chinese proverb.

Lily returns to Privet Drive for the first time in years...and discovers that Harry, while he may be more alone at the moment than he has ever been in his lonely life, has a very powerful presence on his side.

"Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before,

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"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." ~Richard Bach "Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left." ~Robert Byrne

Hermione--and Lily--have a few questions for James about why he didn't bother showing up for Remus's funeral...and why he can't seem to say the words to comfort his grieving son.