oh no! I didn't mean to make you cry. *pats head* I don't really know how to tell you how much this review means to me. Thank you so very, very much. I guess in the end it was pretty personal, but I didn't mean it to be that way. But I actually felt a lot better after writing it and it's weird, but i wasn't nervous at all about posting this, which is strange as I usually freak out. I think it's because I don't really care if people like this or not, because I really do and I think I wrote this more for me than anything else. But, that being said, when I read your lovely words I did feel very happy inside and I'm so so glad you thought it was true to life and that everything I was trying to say came through. Huge hugs to you. And thank you for being sorry. (I don't even think I'm kidding any more about the first-born thing...seriously)
Thank you so much :) That really means a lot coming from you as this is so very canon-ish haha. But really really thank you:) I'm very flattered you thought it was beautiful.
This was heart breakingly beautiful. I feel like a wiser person after reading it. I'm really sorry for your loss and I'm glad you could rely in your writing to let yourself go and pour it all in and then some more. The story was beautifully paced and felt oh so very real, grief was slow and painful and that's just grief. There are lots of passages I'd like to point out but the one that hit me the most is :
"Harry, who knows loss better than almost anyone, but he doesn’t get it, not really, because he has never had anything for very long before he lost it again; he never had the chance to get used to ‘having someone around’ in the way that families do. Because that is what a family is; people who are just there; completely, indescribably there when you need them most but also, even more importantly, when you think you don’t need them at all. But now there is one less person in her world; one less person who will nag her and call her names and stick up for her virtue and make her laugh and make her cry until she laughs again. Fred is
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Thank you so much. I don't really know what else to say because honestly I'm a little overwhelmed right now with everything you wrote; except that I'm so touched by the lovely things you said about my writing and I'm so glad it had an effect on you. I tried to make it as real as possible, and I'm really glad that came through. It's funny that you liked that paragraph the most, because that sequence is pretty much taken word for word from something a wrote just after it had happened and the feelings that I was going through when I lost my friend. I also come from a big family and losing my lovely friend has only made me appreciate them more and more.
Just. Thank you for taking the time to read it and telling me what you think. It's just lovely of you.
That was beautiful. You really have a way with the immediacy of feelings in your stories. This one is so true and heartbreaking. I'm very sorry for the loss that inspired it, but I'm glad you wrote it.
Thanks so much for commenting about the immediacy of feelings; it's something I always stress about and worry that I'm being too descriptive or not descriptive enough for what is going through someone's head to come out on the paper. But I'm so happy you think I have a way:) I really appreciate the time you took to read this and to tell me that you thought it was true, and also for saying you were sorry. You are just lovely:)
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I don't really know how to tell you how much this review means to me. Thank you so very, very much. I guess in the end it was pretty personal, but I didn't mean it to be that way. But I actually felt a lot better after writing it and it's weird, but i wasn't nervous at all about posting this, which is strange as I usually freak out. I think it's because I don't really care if people like this or not, because I really do and I think I wrote this more for me than anything else.
But, that being said, when I read your lovely words I did feel very happy inside and I'm so so glad you thought it was true to life and that everything I was trying to say came through.
Huge hugs to you.
And thank you for being sorry.
(I don't even think I'm kidding any more about the first-born thing...seriously)
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I'm really sorry for your loss and I'm glad you could rely in your writing to let yourself go and pour it all in and then some more.
The story was beautifully paced and felt oh so very real, grief was slow and painful and that's just grief.
There are lots of passages I'd like to point out but the one that hit me the most is :
"Harry, who knows loss better than almost anyone, but he doesn’t get it, not really, because he has never had anything for very long before he lost it again; he never had the chance to get used to ‘having someone around’ in the way that families do. Because that is what a family is; people who are just there; completely, indescribably there when you need them most but also, even more importantly, when you think you don’t need them at all. But now there is one less person in her world; one less person who will nag her and call her names and stick up for her virtue and make her laugh and make her cry until she laughs again. Fred is ( ... )
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I tried to make it as real as possible, and I'm really glad that came through. It's funny that you liked that paragraph the most, because that sequence is pretty much taken word for word from something a wrote just after it had happened and the feelings that I was going through when I lost my friend. I also come from a big family and losing my lovely friend has only made me appreciate them more and more.
Just. Thank you for taking the time to read it and telling me what you think. It's just lovely of you.
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You wrote it beautifully and the emotions that it evoked, well all I can say is well done.
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Thank you for reviewing, I'm so happy and proud that you think it is beautifully written. I'm very touched :)
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Thanks so much for commenting about the immediacy of feelings; it's something I always stress about and worry that I'm being too descriptive or not descriptive enough for what is going through someone's head to come out on the paper. But I'm so happy you think I have a way:)
I really appreciate the time you took to read this and to tell me that you thought it was true, and also for saying you were sorry. You are just lovely:)
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