The Hobbit Imagines IV

Imagine a letter from Bombur to his family

Another one that came from my little mind. It is a letter from Bombur to his wife and children while he is on the road.

My beloved,

How long has it been? I stopped counting the days because it only deepened my worry. Even the thought of others taking care of you can not lessen the guilt I feel for leaving you behind.

This quest is a noble one, I am sure. However I wish that I wouldn't have to leave you behind for such a long period of time. I often find my thoughts drifting off, thinking about how wonderful it would be to hold you right now.

We have never been so far apart in all our married live. There is a special place in my heart for all the minutes, seconds that I spend with you. I won't forget any of them. Even when my soul leaves this earth I will still carry our memories with me.

There is no doubt in my mind that we were meant to be. I have found my One in you.

I know that I have told you this often but I won't stop telling you what I feel. Just like you won't stop loving me in return.

How are you doing? Are you alright? Are you taken care of?

I hope this letter will reach you before the 18th of this month. I attached a present to the letter for our son. It isn't much but it is the best I could get on the road. Of course I know that you will take great care of him and his siblings. You have always been a wonderful mother.

What are the children up to lately?

Did our youngest daughter learn to hold her wooden sword yet? I wish I could be there to see it...

The stories you tell me about our children in your letters are the highlights of this quest. You all keep me going in times when my mind wants to return home.

Can you tell the children that I love them? And that I miss you all so terribly much every single day.

Don't think that there is even a second that I am not thinking about you when I am not with you. Just like my mind, my feet have wanted to return home too.

It is not because of the food or the comforts that our home brings but because I want to see you all again. To play with our children and teach them new skills.

To help you around the house and kiss you before we go to sleep.

When I left I told you that I couldn't promise you to return.

It wouldn't have been fair. What if something did happen to me on this quest? Causing me to never return to you?

I remember that conversation like it was only yesterday...

Never did I want to leave you like that but leaving you with a promise that I might be unable to keep? I couldn't do that to you. And I still can't.

Know that I am doing everything in my power to keep myself safe. That I do everything to make sure I will return to you.

I love you with all my heart.

My whole soul.

A place in my heart until the end of time. And maybe even after that.

Ghivashel, I will send you another letter soon.

Your hug-missing husband,

Bombur