enormous affection

in keeping with the tradition of missing the candy shoppe I'd like to share a quote that I think perfectly describes the relationship we all have with each other because of our time at the candy shoppe.  I may have already shared it with some of you but it is worth reading again and again and again.  (no doubt it is by miss jk rowling herself..)

"I am nearly finished. I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life. They are my children’s godparents, the people to whom I’ve been able to turn in times of trouble, people who have been kind enough not to sue me when I took their names for Death Eaters. At our graduation we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could never come again, and, of course, by the knowledge that we held certain photographic evidence that would be exceptionally valuable if any of us ran for Prime Minister."


The candy shoppe will never come again but I'm glad we have the memories and the "enormous affection" for one another. and you better believe that I'd want you all to be my kid's godparents.