Danit was correct in that this charge will be challenging. Jonathan Harris is a simple man. He owns a small store that his father opened many years ago, selling wine, cheese, bread, and other small, fine things. Jonathan took over the business when his parents retired to the south, and has been running it for three years now. It was what he always expected to do, growing up in Standish. Everyone in the town knows him, and they like him…
I have spent much of the past days looking after Tammy and Lamarr, for multiple reasons. Their wedding is now only a week away, and there are many pressures and stresses on both of them even amid the happiness of this time. I have been much called upon to offer patience and peace, and glad to be able to give it. Too, Tammy is still grieving, and I have been much in communication with her Comforter, Beriah. We hope to…
What a night this has been! I have so much to tell you, so let me not waste any time. In my last entry, I inferred that I had a plan to put into action. I did so this afternoon, with the help of a few of my seniors, whom I thank most fervently for their trust. I was standing in Ramona’s bedroom as she agonized over what to wear—the obsession that human women have with their appearance wounds me…
This day is a special one in my assigned portion of the Garden. Each year the humans choose a day in spring to celebrate their mothers. With gifts, cards, flowers, and kind thoughts they turn to the women who gave birth to them, who raised them, who took them into their hearts. It is a joy to see. I visited Lamarr and Tammy first, worried that this first celebration without Tammy’s mother would bring pain to her heart. She did…
When I had heard Nozomi’s story, I spoke some very bold words, born out of my anger and determination. I still feel those things, but now also I know that the task that is before me will not be an easy one. Nozomi has been avoiding me—I know this because I have more than once tried to find her, and felt her fleeing from my presence. I do not wish to frighten or overwhelm her, and so I have not…
I must confess, I have been lax in my duties the past few days. Consumed by the anger and fear that Nozomi’s story brought to me, I paid little heed to my charges. They have done very well, thank the kind Father, but I nearly missed a vital moment between Myrtle and Jaquinn. If not for my sharp-eyed sentry, young Sixta, I would not have been there for them, and who knows what might have happened then. Perhaps that sounds…
Brothers and sisters, I have been told a story that wounds and frightens me in equal measure. Before today, I never realized just how powerful the darkness can be. Even I, who has felt the drain of the tainted Earth, never truly considered the enemy’s strength and cruelty. It has taken so long to get back to you because Danit had to confirm with her own seniors, as well as senior members of other disciplines, to receive permission to tell…
No matter what the circumstances, it is never easy to say goodbye. I am leaving Don and Charlotte in the best possible situation—they are together, secure in their love for one another, happily surrounded by their shared family. As for me, I am moving on to help others, a task I await with great anticipation. Still, my last visit to Don and Charlotte was difficult, for more reasons than one. I found them in the evening curled together on the…
I have just come from meeting with my seniors. Danit, Kuya, and Zezette were all there, as well as Jariel, a Power under the jurisdiction of Shemida. “I have been wanting to speak with this promising young brother of ours,” he said on greeting me. “Your work is well-known and much praised, Asa’el.” I was much honored by his words and said so. He waved that away with a smile. “Do not allow me to distract you from the business…