To the Beloved Son of my Heart - by Larner

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2009 Cue 19: Three pearls of wisdom.
Format: drabble
Genre: general
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Elrond, Aragorn
Pairings: Aragorn, Arwen
Summary: The last advice given Aragorn by the father of his heart.



To the Beloved Son of my Heart

What more can I say to you, Estel, Aragorn, Elessar? Once again my own heart is torn as one I have loved so dearly chooses a different path from mine; but she has chosen and does not yet regret her choice.

Yet, as she is so very happy, how can I ask her to do otherwise?

Love your wife that she not grieve for what she otherwise has offered up.

Love your children so that they never doubt that you loved them indeed.

Love your people so that they will remember you always with honor.

What else need be said?

Comments

[zdenka]

Oh, I like this. Very beautiful and sad. The use of Aragorn's three names seems especially fitting here, since Elrond has known him and helped him in those three stages of his life.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

That is what I felt, also. Thanks so much! Elrond would appreciate what Aragorn has achieved more than any other, I'd think, having seen so often the costs of victories such as the ones the Man has orchestrated.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much!

[shirebound]

What wonderful advice to Aragorn, from one who lived those words throughout his life.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes--Elrond must have been such an inspiration to this son of his heart.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Oh, beautiful, sad and very well done. I feel so sorry for Elrond here - he's losing both his daughter, and his mortal son. And he has no idea if his own sons will ever Sail at this point, either, come to think of it...

I think you showed Elrond's wisdom and love perfectly here. :)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed this so! Thank you!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Very wise advice.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Yes, wise advice from one of the greatest of the Wise.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Lovely! *hugs*

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Thank you so, Febobe!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Elrond's nobility and loving heart are on display here. How sad to have to leave his daughter and one he thinks of as a son behind.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

He's already lost so many he had loved so deeply. Unfortunately, being among the immortal could not have made these new separations any easier. Thanks so!

[nialoke]

Ah, so sad! I can not have been easy for either of them...