E for Expecto Patronum

My Patronus is a Manx Cat, as discovered on Pottermore. That means, when I cast the Expecto Patronum defense spell in the face of Dementors, it takes the form of a bright white positive energy and transforms into a Manx Cat. That shoos the Dementors away.  Hmm --- I like it! What is a Dementor you ask? --- As the Defense Against The Dark Arts Professor Remus Lupin described:

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them... Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself... soulless and evil. You will be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."

Alas, such foul creatures do not just plague the wizarding world, they also walk the real world. They are the critics that pull your confidence down, the frenemies ready to backstab, self-proclaimed life gurus with big mouths, social bullies with rotten minds, and the like. They are all around us and everyone needs a Patronus. Well --- not everybody can conjure one, right? *WINKS* --- A genuine happy though is the basic necessity for a Patronus. What would mine be?

THIS ...

 

I have thought and over thought the matter. I do not believe anything else has ever given me more happiness than being at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, sipping Butterbeer in the shadow of the Hogwarts castle. I am with my sister, Sara, and we get a Butterbeer high while sharing a mug of the magical concoction! We reflect on the horrific parts of the panicky year we have had and let our nerves just ease out that manic hysteria right there on the cobbled stone pavements. We are SO happy, so ecstatic that we actually sit there and CRY! 

 

Photo credit: Sara!

Don't forget to read up Sara's Expecto Patronum account. She shares the same happy memories with me. And, we must credit the beautiful Dementor photograph she has taken. That's my Dementor figurine (also a gift from her to me).