God no at 25. No at 30. No at 35. Maybe???? At 40?

But at 25 I felt more secure in who I was. At 30 I felt more secure in who I was as a mother. At 35 I felt secure when I made the wrong choice to own it and the world didn’t end. At 40 I feel secure saying fuck it. This wasn’t working. I am going to do this instead.

I may never feel settled into my career. But every year I feel more settled into who I am as a person. And that feels much more important to me.

Be prepared to get comments like "Your hair is so pretty. You wrote her hair so pretty. Why is she so pretty?" And "Your writing is so good. I can really tell what he's saying and oh he smells so nice. That's a cool looking bag. Your beta has awesome shoes I bet. What's her name?"

Let the endless compliment cycle begin.

I’m so into this

lowkey this feels like it was ghostwritten by @justleaveacommentfest

I'm down. Let's go.

This is how I aspire all my comments to feel!!! I take the job of commenting hype woman seriously!

what if instead of having a fake name for internet personal-life purposes we could have a fake name for professional work-life purposes

fantasy culture where you have a different name for every role in your life and a true name that is extremely secret

you don't get to know all of me

it's tuesday you only get to know sara

you understand me to my soul

Honestly all the notes on this have been so good, here's a few of my favorites

My fake work name is Professor Jane Norbert. Because it is plain enough to go in noticed. But fun enough you would expect me to teach dressed like Ms Frizz everyone’s hero. And yes I would have a golden retriever as my class pet. Can professors have class pets? I feel like my office would be enhanced by golden retrievers. Would definitely diffuse the tension of today!!!!

The Yerres, Rain (1875) by Gustave Caillebotte

I love Gustavo Caillebotte so if he pops across my dash I must share 🥰

Hello Hinny Shippers

Here are my favorite hinny fic recs

[PART 2 ]

Post-DH

1)A new beginning by @startanewdream Summary: Harry and Ginny in the aftermath of the battle, getting back together and deciding to live. Nine pieces following them through May to September of 1998.

2)Private by @thedistantdusk Summary: But it’s part of the job, Ginny reminds herself. She must sit through six of these interviews per year. She must be generally pleasant and polite. She must represent her team well. And above all else, she must not lose her temper. Right.

3)Out of the Mouths of Babes by The_Clockwork_Monk Chapters: 7/7 Summary: Prompt: “Uncle Ron said something about Harry knocking Ginny up, but I don’t know what he means,” Teddy said.

4)chinwag by gryffindormischief, fightfortherightsofhouseelves Summary: Harry can't resist a challenge when he's presented with one.

5)gone was any trace of you by @annerbhpnnerb Summary: An accident at work left Harry with a mysterious case of amnesia and a wife he couldn’t remember.ever, neither can Ginny, you see.

6)you don't have to stay by Annerb Summary: They still refer to her as ‘Harry Potter’s girl’ sometimes. Eleven-year-old her would be ecstatic. Twenty-one-year-old her is far less enthused.

7)I'm not on drugs, I'm just in love by Annerb Summary: Wherein Ron is an irredeemable sap, Harry isn’t much better, and Bill is so Over It all (but secretly pleased). Or how Ron’s stag do goes the way most things do when Harry Potter is involved—a quick spiral into violence and heartwarming disaster.

8)One Perfect Day by @pottermum Summary: Harry has the most perfect day.

9)Lost in Japan by lostonplatform934 Chapters: 3/3 Summary: Two weeks, six days, three hours and 42 minutes. That was how long it had been since Harry Potter had seen Ginny Weasley. And the lack of Ginny was thoroughly driving Harry mad. But he's a couple hundred miles from Japan, and he's thinking he could fly to her hotel tonight, 'cause he can't get Ginny off his mind.

10)There's The Silver Lining I've Been Looking For (1991 words) by @justalittleconfusing Summary: Harry's 34th birthday carries more significance than another year around the sun. Ginny is on a mission to figure out why he is being so shifty at his birthday dinner at the Burrow.

11)Teething Problems by pottermum Summary: Sisters! Who Needs Them?

12)Drunk in Love by FloreatCastellum Summary: Harry should have known better than to let George Weasley get him drunk.

13)22 by FloreatCastellum Summary: 'I’m older than my parents now. They were 21 when they died.’

14)The Fairground by FloreatCastellum Summary: In which the Weasleys and Potters attend the local funfair and James Sirius Potter hustles for candy floss.

15)new name by @always_hinny Summary: ginny dealing with having a new name

ff.net

1)Won A Day In The Life  by pottermum

2)wonderfulness What-it's a word, Ginny said so! by pottermum

3) Miss Butter Elbows by JohnMcHacker

Drabbles , Snippets , series

1)Catch Her Snitch! by pottermum Chapters: 102/? 2)Several Sunlit Days: Ginniversary Bingo by @starlingflight Chapters: 19/19 3)Freshly pickled microfic by @ginnyw-potter Chapters: 28/?

One-shots with variable timeline

1)loml by StarlingFlight Summary: One accronym. Two lives. Nine different meanings. Written for corneliaavenue's TTPD Several Sunlit Daylights challenge.

2)A new beginning by Startanewdream Summary: Harry and Ginny in the aftermath of the battle, getting back together and deciding to live. Nine pieces following them through May to September of 1998.

ff.net

2) The Path to Harry by CharmHazel

3) The Path to Ginny  by CharmHazel

AUs

1)Gin Fizz by Startanewdream Chapters: 2/3 Summary: Ginny doesn't want any trouble. Harry is running away from his. So this is your classic one-night stand.

2)The Hook Up by pottermum Chapters: 5/5, Muggle AU Summary: It's been eight months since Ginny broke up with her cheating ex when she received an invitation to his sister's wedding. She accepts for two reasons, to show her ex just what he's missing out on by looking fabulous, and to hook up. And then she met Harry. Muggle AU

3)Do you know how it feels to wish for death every day? by balmiki Chapters: 2/2 Summary: Prompt - Do you know how it feels to wish for death every day? Ginny goes to pick up a drunk Harry ( AU - they didn't date in Hogwarts).

4)Imposter by @ginisbetterthanfirewhiskey Summary: “I’m Harry Potter, nice to meet you.” Ginny closed her eyes and took a deep breath, not believing her ears. If there was one thing Ginny would recognize everywhere, it would be Harry’s voice. That man wasn’t Harry. And he had the audacity to use Harry’s name to woo a girl in hope to bring her home tonight.

5)Señorita by @celtics534 Summary: Before he even knew her name, he felt the fire between them. One look at those brown eyes and he was hooked this red-haired señorita

6)confessions should be better planned by @takeariskao3 Summary: Harry accidentally submits the wrong photo for his digital photography elective… shenanigans ensue… (best read on a phone, but if reading on the computer, the formatting should translate easy enough)

7)Sorry, Wrong Number! by pottermum Chapters: 5/? Summary: Dialling one wrong digit changed Harry Potter's life forever because sometimes, making a mistake can lead to bigger and better things. This is one of them.

8)Light beam by Startanewdream Chapters: 2/2 Summary: ‘Dad, hypothetically… what would you have done if Mum was Sirius’ sister?’  

Ummmm excuse me @desipotterhead18 how did I end up on this list of fantastic amazing writers!!!!!! Beyond flattered and humbled by the inclusion!

Fuck they even got the age right….. hahaha….. we laugh until we stop crying right?

My dad tried to claim “economics, man, just can’t predict these things”

And I had to be like … well actually. You remember in August I said a vote for trump would ruin all of our lives? And it wasn’t hyperbole? And I sat down and walked you through the economic framework for exactly how his campaign promises plus Heritage foundation project 2025 would destroy the country / economy…. And you said yeah but I don’t trust the woman to be steady and a leader and be qualified….to your daughter finishing her doctorate in business….

Yeah…. Absolutely no way economics could predict the world’s most predictable, unnecessary, you broke it we are stuck with it, non problem problem, in the history of man kind……

No harbinger for this at all….

They really did kill Cassandra first because she feared the worst.

I am not bound by the results of this poll, but I am curious what people would be interested to read once Selcouth is done. Descriptions down below.

Hunger Games Hinny AU: Harry Potter knew how the Hunger Games could tear a family apart. After all, his own dad died seventeen years prior when his mum was pregnant with him and his mother died of a broken heart not long after. So when Ginny and Ron are reaped for District 12 to participate in the annual games, Harry can’t watch the Weasley be family torn. Volunteering for Ron, Harry joins his long term crush with only one mission on his mind: make sure Ginny wins. After meeting district drunk and mentor, Sirius Black, Harry uncovers there’s a lot about his dad’s game that he never knew.

Triwizard Tournament Hinny AU: After his parents’ death, Harry Potter moved to France with his godfather and lived a normal childhood. After the success of the Triwizard Tournament three years prior, Harry decides he wants to travel to England for this year’s tournament and secures the spot as Beauxbatons’ champion. Harry finds himself competing against Ginny Weasley. Unfortunately for him, he can’t stop staring at the competition. 

Hijacked Harry AU: Harry Potter was abducted by Death Eaters when they stormed the castle at the end of his sixth year. When Ginny finally gets him back, she finds herself pinned to the wall with a wand digging into her throat. There was no love, only malice. Ginny has no idea what happened to Harry in captivity. 

Synodic Series Featuring PTA Mums: With Harry and Maia both in primary school, Sirius finds himself with too much time on his hands. Or at least that’s what Marlene says when he starts talking about smelling a familiar rat scent around town. What does Sirius do? He joins the PTA with Molly, of course. All the PTA mothers are nasty and rude to Molly while Laso restlessly trying to cheat on their husbands with Sirius. Sirius finds himself drawing closer and closer to Molly since she’s the only sane one of the bunch. Before long, Sirius and Molly become best friends and become unofficial rat catchers and detectives around Ottery St. Catchpole. 

Yall. If you liked Sica. If you liked Ashley the coin collected. If you like Mel. If you loved to hate Dr Reynolds do we have some psychotically perky 1980s villainesses for you! The true love story of Synodic is how Molly and Sirius went from not being able to stand, to tolerating, to becoming the HARDEST ride or dies!!!!!

@seriouslysam8 my vote is in

april fools day is actually the most sensible day of the year because it's the only day on which people will read something on the internet and stop for a second to consider whether or not it's actually true

They should start calling it April Media Literacy Day.

Whelve Update!

Chapter Seven

Did I fool any of you yesterday? Did you really think I was hanging up my Hinny hat for an Everlark hat???

Anyway, I have half the reviews responded to, but then I started getting a "retry later" error. So, if I didn't respond to your review yet, I will try again this afternoon.

As always, drop a review and you may want to grab a box of tissues before you start.

This really is a beautiful chapter. Well done @seriouslysam8

Fun fact @seriouslysam8 I am beyond obsessed…I am consumed, enchanted, preoccupied, bedeviled, ALLLLLLLL the words for what you got cooking

As someone who worked with Food Lion for a long ass time….this is very accurate

Alysha Newman, Canada

This is freaking amazing.

I was stuck running long distance track in high school (you run 12 times in a big circle) and I would watch people do really cool shit like hurdles, pole vault, long jumps. Man! I wanted to do all that. Instead I just ran in circles.