"I have faith, John. You know your stuff. I had a wizard friend on the island, and he put up wards on my house, every time I moved. And they kept my kids safe." She actually didn't know if that had anything to do with the fact her house had been safe through some of the worst of it, but she felt like it had. It wasn't coincidence that the first year without them that her babies got messed with.
"But he also added to them almost every year, when there was something different, he'd come back with another ward to slap on the door frame." Maryanne caught herself. "I am by no means suggesting you do that. I know magic costs. I don't know what that kind of magic costs you. But Harry had a burned hand that never healed, and I was pretty sure that was why."