George Weasley did not celebrate his twenty first birthday. When his mother had sent him an owl inviting him back to The Burrow, all she got back were the words “I can’t blow out the candles alone.” He hasn’t celebrated a birthday since then.
It took George almost two years of therapy before he had the strength to re open Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. He designed a new line of products for the reopening, Trigger Charms that would temporarily block out your senses when a trigger was detected, No Nightmare Nougat, Lethargy Lollipops, etc. Eventually Ron decided that being an auror was too stressful for him, and George offered him a job. It got easier to run once he had a brother with him.
Life slowly got easier, George’s business was booming, his family didn’t have to worry about money as much. Nieces and nephews started cropping up. George reconnected with Angelina and after a few years of dating they wound up getting married. It was harder picking a best man with Fred gone, but George managed. When Angelina gave birth his son, it was all too easy to pick a name.
One day George was sitting at the table explaining to Fred II how fainting fancies worked, Fred looked up and asked,
“Dad, when is your birthday?”
“Oh, in about a week,” George replied glancing at the calendar.
“Are you going to have a party?”
“No, a don’t really do birthday parties.”
“Aw, c’mon! You have to have a party!”
“Okay, I’ll have one on one condition, you have to help me blow out the candles.”
A week later for the first time since George was twenty, Fred and George blew out the birthday candles together.
“Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.”
I’ve recently fallen in love with dry skin brushing after my iridology lecturer recommended it for people with lymphatic signs in their iris (mine is full of them). The lymphatic system plays a vital part in your body’s immune response and it also transports fat soluble vitamins and gets rid of cellular waste and toxins, excess fats, and excess fluid. It’s not pumped by the heart, so it relies on muscle movement and other ways for it to flow and drain.
Dry skin brushing has been said to stimulate the lymphatic system and improve drainage which helps with all the things listed above. It has also been said to increase blood circulation, exfoliate the skin, improve digestion, and relieve stress. I find it to be very therapeutic and the feeling is so addictive! Find a natural dry skin brush (mine is made of cactus). Begin at the soles of your feet and brush upwards. Brush your entire body (minus sensitive spots like your face) and always brush towards your heart. When you get to your stomach make sure you brush clockwise around your belly button to help digestion. Dry skin brushing is best done before a bath or shower and can be done once a week or everyday if you prefer. I like to cover my body in bentonite clay afterwards and soak in the bath ☺️✌️