Reviews of The Wounded Hand

Everlight · 12 January 2014 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Eruanna, Oh, that is so sweet. It is amazing how wise children are. I am blessed to work with them often and have learned that they know far more than we 'adults' think. It is so good to read a story written by another follower of Christ. Eleanor's explanation is the perfect reason why Jesus Christ's hands are beautiful. They are wounded but it is because of those wounds that the light shines through! How beautiful. I had never thought about it that way at all. Thank you for this beautiful story. Keep on writing and using your talents for God. In Christ, Everlight P.S. You can call me Ever. You can message me (if you want to)on fanfiction.com as Everlight18 P.P.S Do you post your stories on other sites as well?

Ariel · 13 May 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Nicely done. Thank you.

Author's reply

Thank *you* for the nice review! Blessings, Eruanna

Lily the Hobbit · 2 May 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

That's heart-wrenching! ‘I call it his beautiful hand,’ she said again, ‘because that’s the one the light shines through.’ I can perfeclty well picture Sam gaping at her for I would do the same. You have a way with words!

Author's reply

*sniff* Oh, thank you Lily! :) I'm so glad you enjoyed this! And I can't tell you how it moves me to read all these lovely reviews. You all are wonderfully encouraging. Thank you so much! Blessings, Eruanna

docmon · 1 May 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

oh, that was just perfect. just what a child would say, just the wisdom that an adult would miss. And so well done, with the last line needing nothing else but what you wrote. I knew something was coming, but it didn't prepare me for such a wonderful insight. What a wonderful way to remind us to listen to the children around us. Years do not mean wisdom.

Author's reply

Aren't children something else? I think a five year old is very often the wisest person in the world. :) No adult would have said that to Sam, because they would have been too afraid of hurting him. But Elanor doesn't worry about such things: she can just say it, and it was the very thing Sam needed to hear most. Thank you so much for your review: it's really very encouraging! :) Blessings, Eruanna

Breon Briarwood · 30 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Wow. Don't know why that caught me by surprise.. Got me a little teary eyed.... *sniffle*

Author's reply

This story seemed almost to write itself, and Elanor caught even me by surprise. ;) Thanks so much for the kind review: it means a lot! Blessings, Eruanna

Saoirse · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

O... lovely! Lovely and sad and perfect. You're right Elanor. Sometimes it takes the innocence of a child to see the light in something that was dark and terrible and be the reminder that good came from ill. Lovely job! :)

Author's reply

As Gandalf might say, everyone ought to have a child or two in their keeping, to help us see the true beauty and splendor of life. Thank you so much for the review! Blessings, Eruanna

MaidenofValinor · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

wow. wow. wow! that was really, really beautiful. Elanor. wow. what else can I say?

Author's reply

*blush* Wow, thank you very much! And what else can I say? I feel rather overwhelmed by your lovely review. ;) Thank you! Blessings, Eruanna

songspinner · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Well, you just left me stunned. Took me a moment to process that one. Simply stunning, and as the mother of a rather precocious five year old girl, I can easily see a little one saying something like that. Such a beautiful insight! -Laura

Author's reply

Oh, thank you so much! I'm so glad that as a mother of a young girl you didn't find this unrealistic. I've known a few very wise children, but I haven't really spent *that* much time with little ones, so I'm glad you think this sounded plausible! :) With the few youngsters I have spent a fair amount of time with, I've always been amazed at how they can say something so innocent and so simple that just astounds everyone around them. It's the simple things that we so often miss, until a child points them out. Thank you for such a very kind and encouraging review! I'm glad you liked this. :) Blessings, Eruanna

Armariel · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

ohhhhhhhh that's just so sweet!!! I'm betting your writing hand has a light shining through it too *g* blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@

Author's reply

Thank you dear! :) I always look forward to your reviews. Though if my hands do shine, I fear it's only due to an inability to tan. ;) Blessings, Eruanna

Hobbit Lass21 · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

*sniffle* Thats so sad and..and beautiful. I loves it, Precious....wonderful job, portraying the wisdom of a child.

Author's reply

Don't cry! We thanks you, precious, for the nice reviewses! ;) I'm glad you enjoyed this. Blessings, Eruanna

purrlin · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Oh this is good! Go Elanor! My daughter calles herself Elenor! I now see why! This is so good! purrlin :) (the wisdom of children sees more than we do!)

Author's reply

Oh yes, how often the wisdom of children sees clearly when everything seems murky to us. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed this! Blessings, Eruanna

Larner · 29 April 2005 · Chapter 1: The Wounded Hand

Yes, his light was beautiful to know; and it took Rosie's child to see it there, I suppose. Love this.

Author's reply

Thank you! In Tolkien's Epilogue, there's a wonderful simplicity in Elanor, and a tendency to make brilliant observations that really just blow Sam away. Since young children are often both strangely wise and incredibly blunt, I think she must have developed this habit of startling her father with profound insights from a rather young age. ;) Here it's her innocence that really comes into play, though. Sam and Rose, for all their truly deep wisdom, borne of experience, are in this case just simply too grown up. To them, who knew Frodo before the Quest, his missing finger can only seem a wound and a diminishment of a once-whole hand. But Elanor has no pre-existing ideas, so she's open to seeing what's really there, which is light. Grains of sand forged in fire may seem destroyed, but when they emerge, they have become clear and brilliant glass. Wow, that was a long reply. ;) Thank you again for such a kind review: I'm very glad you enjoyed this! Blessings, Eruanna

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