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Looking back and then forward again



Dear Diary...

A couple of days have already passed since that magical day that I married the sweetest hobbit lassie, my Amorey. My lovely wife Amorey, I now call her.

Oh, the wedding , it was so splendid! We had been waiting for so long for this day to come. I asked her to marry me way back in Spring and we wanted to get married in Yule. A lot can happen in such a timespan and it did! Things that brought us joy, but also things that made us sad and desperate. I am talking ofcourse about the time we were seperated. The time we nearly lost one another and the time we lost our little son, Peregrin. Those were black days in my life, fearing to never be with Amorey again, while I still loved and missed her so much! And the little boy I have never seen...  Forgive me, my diary, for making ink stains with my tears.

But our love was strong and we found a way back to each others arms. Many friends we have to thank for their assistance and for their support in difficult times. The love and the feeling of missing the most important person in our young lives is what finally brought us together again.  I vowed to Amorey: I will never leave you again, my dearest, never ever again!

Our wedding day. Preceded with so many planning and things to think about, the nervousness slowly grew: have we not forgotten anything? Will people come and how many? Will the musicians not forget to come? Have we invited all our dearest friends and relatives?

The wedding itself, the ceremony, it was like a dream.. we spoke our vows and as one coloured ribbon after the other tied our hands together, symbolising all the good things in life, all the good things we wanted for us in our marriage, I looked at my bride and I smiled. I knew for sure: Amorey, I will never leave you again. Then we spoke the words:

It is my wish to become one with PEPPY.

and

It is my wish to become one with AMOREY.

We are now husband and wife.

These memories will stay with me and Amorey for the rest of our lives. Memories are lovely, but we need to look ahead as well. The wedding is not a finish line, it is a milestone. We will build a life together, be happy and prosperous, but also supportive of each others if times of sorrow and need would arrive. And never, never, will I leave my darling wife, my sweet Amorey again. We will go on honeymoon soon. We will have other children in the future, to give Peregrin a brother or a sister... well, who knows even both!

The future is ours, my love, let us enjoy it until one day we will no longer be here in this world. May our years together be manyfold and happy and our love will never die!