Thursday, February 17, 2011

THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

Yesterday, The Wife and The Child spent eight hours reading, finishing the final book in the saga they began mere months ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book number seven) is now completed, placed upon the coffee table once again.

The Wife and The Child both looked exhausted when I arrived home from a late night at work, but they also seemed to glow with joy and accomplishment.

As each book grew in size from the one that preceded it, the amount of time spent to read it diminished, an inverse proportion fueled by time and imagination and engagement. The Wife and The Child now speak in a vocabulary and grammar of characters, settings, and plots that I cannot possess, will not possess, as they do. They share secret things. I am happy for both of them. I share their joy.

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