The Oak's Secret

[lindahoyland]

The Oak's Secret by Linda Hoyland

Comments

[shirebound]

Oh Linda, those final two paragraphs gave me chills. you've done wonders with this prompt. How we would love to see the new city ourselves, and visit that young tree. (Perhaps the Entwives will honor and tend it, should they be passing through.)

Their story did not end, beloved, it continues in you and our son.

So true. Thank you for this gift, my friend. It's absolutely beautiful.

♥ ♥

[lindahoyland]

Thank you so much and for the prompt, I'm delighted that you enjoyed the story. I was waiting with baited breath to see if you liked it. I'd been keeping it to publish today as a birthday gift.

[grey_wonderer]

That was wonderful! You captured Aragorn's loss and frustration completely. He must have suffered a great deal for having lost his Father so young. Parents are such a part of our lives and in his case, his Father was larger than life to many. It is sad that he never knew him. I'm glad he got to see the painting.

[lindahoyland]

Thank you so much. It must have been very hard for Aragorn not to have known his father,especially when he was such a great man.

[lindahoyland]

I meant to say that I liked your prompt about memorials, but felt I'd dealt with it here to some degree.

[grey_wonderer]

I think you did. You even mentioned Denethor and why Faramir would not be likely to want to see his Father memorialized. I noticed that as I read. It really does work for the prompt.

[elenbarathi]

Oh my; wow; this story is so excellent, on so many levels and for so many reasons! I love a lot of your work, but this one might well be my favorite. I wish Master Tolkien himself were alive to read it; he'd be so very proud.

[lindahoyland]

Thank you so much.I'm delighted you enjoyed this so much. It makes up for not placing at Teitho. It means a lot to me that you think Tolkien would have liked it.

[engarian]

What a wonderful tribute to parents who had passed on. His children will now have images of their grandparents to remember them by. I loved this.

- Erulisse (one L)

[lindahoyland]

Thank you so much.I'm glad Aragorn's children will be able to imagine their grandparents.

[periantari]

What a beautiful story. It was a great and sad dialogue in the beginning to remind Aragorn how his father was like and i'm so glad that there is a statue to remember his father and mother. So bittersweet and so well written!!!

[lindahoyland]

Thank you so much.I'm delighted that you enjoyed this.