Roads

Roads. They all start somewhere, don't they?  Roads begin at birth and end at death. 
We all start from the same place and eventually, no matter what twists and turns that are made in the road, we end at the same place. 
Sometimes we hit a pothole. Sometimes the road makes a sharp turn, one the walker cannot foresee. 
Other times, we collide with someone else's road and begin to walk alongside them. 
When that happens, sometimes we forget that people are paving their own way through life so when someone leaves, we feel lost.

'Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.'
- Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit. 

I find this short passage embodies it wonderfully. 
I like it's portrayal how life, or 'The Road', will go on and on forever but when 'wandering feet' are weary of walking, they will 'turn at last to home afar.' 

I had an email from a family member earlier; he has mentioned that he views this blog so I will omit names to retain his privacy. 
The email was brief but he mentioned the anniversary of his wife's death - 12 years to this day. 
The email mentioned how he bought some daffodil bulbs and planted them - before mentioning how, even though this month in particular is hard for him, that he carries on 'walking his road' even though she is not here anymore, because he knows it's what she would have wanted. 
Something so simple yet so loving, even in the face of her death. 
I feel very proud to be related to this man. 
To carry on, even though the road is fraught with obstacles and potholes, is an admirable feat. 
I dedicate this post to this family member and I know that, even though his wife is no longer walking beside him, when it comes for him to turn to home afar, he will find her again, under cloud and under star.

Hello.

Congratulations upon discovering my new blog! Well, it's not actually new, I've had it for a few days but I kept putting off writing an introduction. Due to a friend sharing his frequent posts, I have mustered the courage to do the same. I do have another blog, on Tumblr, that I use to reblog pictures and document more personal things but despite having a few followers on there, I wanted to begin afresh. 

I am a student of English and I also enjoy Science, mainly Physics, and History. I would love to learn as many languages as I possibly can and to travel the entire world. I like writing as well but I wouldn't call myself a writer. I don't write frequently enough to earn that title but hopefully, with the birth of this new blog, that will change in due time. I would love to write books you see and I feel that I have great potential to do so but I am very lazy and find it hard to commit myself to a lot of things. /sigh 

Forgive me, I appear to have veered off on a tangent.  

As can be perceived from my background, my favourite author is definitely J.R.R Tolkien; I am a passionate lover of his works and I aspire to leave a mark on literature as half as much he has. I enjoy George R.R Martin and H.P Lovecraft as well! I try hard to not limit myself to only Tolkien and I will read anything but I always find myself at home with my nose in The Hobbit or Roverandom.

This blog will cover a number of different things, from my fierce love of LOTR to how much I love sushi and a warm cup of tea or how much I want to visit Salar de Uyuni. You'll find pictures of my cat, Theodore and posts about how much I can't wait to get my French Bulldog puppy(who I am going to call Gimli, no matter the sex). 

Anyway, this is only a brief introduction so I bring this to a close - for now. My friend is yelling at me to join him on Minecraft so I had better obey, before things get ugly!