You have my heart.
It’s been a while since I came to visit you, I know. But don’t you assume that I have forgotten about you. You live in me, just like your story does – eternally. You changed me, even when I didn’t want to. You have added so much to my life that I cannot help but get misty eyed at the very moment something reminds me of you – it could be a little word, a certain kind of weather, a feeling – I am not sure what to call this, but it’s safe to say that I am in love with you; in love with every bit of your personality, of your actions, of the way you were, are, and forever will be. It’s impossible to miss you because you are always here – present in the little acts I do all day long.
Whenever I look outside the window in my room, my mind wanders hither and thither only to settle – always – on you, Bilbo. I cannot help but wonder what the sky must be looking like from that beautiful house you live in. Bag-end – my favorite place to holiday. You remember my last visit? It was a winter morning and I was feeling particularly sad that day. I don’t remember why exactly but I was anxious to leave my house and go somewhere extraordinarily simple, where life is counted in moments. I wanted to go somewhere magical. And as soon as my eyes rested on the book containing your life, I knew where, my dear Hobbit.
You might not know this but I jumped out of my bed, grabbed the book and hugged it tight – if you randomly felt suffocated just a little bit around that time, it was me, for sure.
I opened the pages and there you were – “in a hole in the ground.” Why do you have to be so adorable all the time, huh? It’s annoying how much you make me adore you.
I knocked on your door, and you thought it was Gandalf. Typical of you, Bilbo, to forget me so soon! That left me just a little bit heartbroken. Still, I was happy to see that mildly irritated face of yours at the very mention of “adventure.” How do you do it, though, I wonder – make the most ridiculously adorable expressions?
I was sitting right alongside you on that dining table when you were nervously shaking your leg, at the prospect of facing a dragon. You didn’t know your own strength, dear Hobbit. I did. I have always admired how you just dropped everything and ran away to have an adventure, going against your very nature. That moment fills me with tears of joy – imagining you hopping on the little road down the Shire, eager to catch the dwarves lest they go on without you.
Your courage, when it was needed, your kindness, where it was required, your homesickness, when it was called for, your love for your friends, when they were all you really had – was, is, and always will be a motivation to all of us, Bilbo.
You have no idea how loved you are, how adored. There are countless others, like me, who love to visit Bag-end again and again just for the fun of your company but it’s safe to say that NONE OF THEM LOVES YOU LIKE I DO; none of them values you like I do.
And although you’ve left now – gone to Valinor with the Elves – remember that Bag-end will always belong to you; the shire will always be yours; the very word Hobbit will be yours and yours only. None other compares.
Aww, this is such a beautiful letter and a perfect ode to Bilbo! You’ve made me want to read about him again (not that I haven’t already read the books a gazillion of times…)
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Thank you SOOOO much, Stargazer! 😍😍 I am sooooo glad that the letter inspired you to read the book again! IF YOU DO, I’D LOVE TO READ YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT! 😍 Thank you soooo much for your wonderful comment! ❤️🦋🌻
PS: Aren’t I following your blog already?! I wonder because I haven’t been seeing any of your posts on my reader. I’ll check soon! 😇🦋❤️
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Your writing is beautiful✨!
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AWWW!!! Thank you SOOO MUCH, Erin! It makes me so happy to know that you liked it! ❤ ❤ 🙂
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What fun! A love letter to Bilbo. I will see you both in Rivendell. Visit soon ❤️
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BRING CAKE! These elves eat too healthy, I tell you! xD xD
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Lol. Yeah, those cakes they wrap-up in leaves that can sustain you for awhile don’t look very appealing.
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SERIOUSLY THOUGH!!! xD xD I mean who could POSSIBLY believe that A SINGLE BITE OF Lembas Bread was enough for a full grown adult?! ASK MERRY AND PIPPIN! xD xD
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“Legolas what do your elf eyes see?”
🧝🏻♂️: another FANTASTIC post
Seriously tho I am still in awe and will probably stay this way because your writing is I DONT KNOW ITS SOMETHING it’s like second breakfast or something idk it’s just gOOD
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Ok so my legolas turned into Arwen somehow uhh ew
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xD xD xD THATS ALRIGHTTT!!!
Hey..WHY AREN’T YOU ON TWITTER??!?!?!? Make an account! SOOONNNN!!!
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Haha Twitter seems daunting and super toxic so I stalk it account-less on the occasion I want drama, but I don’t need that 24/7 BUT at some point I might branch out to other social medias but I am a mere high school student who just wants stellar mental health and I haven’t gotten there yet xD (also my mom let me join Twitter even if I wanted to gahaha)
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OOPS!! Well..you are not wrong there! xD xD
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AWWWW!! THIS IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST COMMENT EVERRRRR, Beck!!!! I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! 😉 ❤ ❤
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Aww, love this 😍
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I AM SOOO GLAD YOU LIKES IT, Kels! ❤ ❤ 🙂 THANK YOU SOOO MUCHHH!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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😭😭😭😭😭 I love this post so much!
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AWWWW!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH, Lisa! Your love for The Hobbit makes me so so happpyyy!
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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My blood type is Tolkien positive. Fact.
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Hahahha!! MINE TOOO!!!! 😉
Also….so sorry for the late reply Lisa…my notifications are all over the place! ugh! 😦
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This is such a cute post!
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Awwww!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH, Allison! I am sooo glad you liked it! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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You totally made me want to read The Hobbit!
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PLEASE PLEASE READ IT NOWWW!!! I’d love to read your thoughts on it! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Never read the hobbit nor LOTR……. *awkwardly shuffles away*
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AWWW!! NO NO! COME BACKCKKK, Em! I’ll tell you alll about Bilbo and The Shire and Middle Earth and then YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH IT TOOOOO!!!! 😉 😉 ❤ ❤
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Haven’t even finished watching the hobbit films…….. 😅😅🙈🙈
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Hmmm…. IT FINNEEEE!!!!!! 😉 ❤ ❤ ❤ YOU STILL MA BEST BUD! 😉
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What a delightful love letter to Bilbo! And not just to him, or to Tolkien’s world, but to the spirit of adventure and discovery that we, book lovers, experience every time we open a new volume in search of… the unknown 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
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AWWW!!! *misty eyes* It makes me soooooo happy that you loved it so, Mads!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ALL THE LOVE TO YOOUUUU AND YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENT! Thank you for always being soooo sweeet!! YOU ARE THE BESTESTTT EVER! ❤ ❤ ❤
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I love this post Rain!! You always write so beautifully!!! Such a beautiful letter – love this so much, your posts are always so wonderful !!😊💜🥰💕😍💜
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AWWW!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH, Kat! You always leave THE SWEETEST comments! Thank you so much! I am soo very glad that you liked it! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Also…missing youuu…come back..i miss your posts! 😦
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💜🥰💕😊💜 You are welcome, Rain!!! I LOVED it – very BEAUTIFUL!!! 💜💜 ahhh I know – I’m sorrryyyy – missing you toooo !! Hopefully I’ll be back to posting soon!! 💜😊💜
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OH YAYYY!! Will be waiting!!
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Lovely post! I’m going to be visiting Bilbo soon as will be re-reading the book!
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OH YAYYY!!! SOOO EXCITEDDD TO READ YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT, N!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ PLEASE DO IT SOOOOONN!!! *heart eyes*
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“I knocked on your door, and you thought it was Gandalf.”
I don’t know why that line made me chuckle – I’ve never even read LOTR or The Hobbit 😂.
But actually, this was so sweet and your writing is so beautiful 🥺.
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hahahahha!! I chuckled while writing it as well!!! xD xD 😉 😉
AWWW!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH, Belle! Your comments ALWAYS MAKE MY DAYYY!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Another fab post – I could never get into the books but I loved the films – all of them 🙂
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AWWW!!!! Thank you SOOO much Jules! I am so very glad that you liked the post! THATS ALRIGHTTT!! As long as we can still gush about LOTR – whatever format – I AM HAPPPYYYY!!! 😉 😉 ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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This is adorable 😄 I’m sure Bilbo would tear up after reading this. So beautiful!
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AwwwTHANK YOU SOOO MUCHHH, Azia! ❤ ❤ 🙂 I am so glad you liked it! AND HE WOULD, RIGHT?!?!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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What an adorable letter, RAIN!! I must admit, I’ve only seen the movies (I know, reader’s sin) but I loved the adventure!! ❤
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Oh no! That’s fine. Even if you have watched the movies, the book is like A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE I AM TELLING YOU E! You are gonna love it! 😍😍😍
Thank you SOOO much! I am so very glad yo liked it! YAYYYY!! 🦋🌸
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What a lovely post! ❤ I really love Hobbits, they seem like they live such ideal lives. Family feuds not withstanding. 😉
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Awwww…thank you soo much, Lisa! I am sooo glad you liked the letter. ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Hahahhaa…LOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS..AND HER OBSESION WITH SPOONS. Damn! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Hahahah so much love for this little Hobbit! I was definitely impressed by how connected you were to the character and how much you wished he was real. 😉 Currently finishing up The Fellowship and I guess you could say that Bilbo isn’t exactly as awesome as he was in The Hobbit! 😛
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Hahaha….YESSS…BILBO ALWAYSSS….I STILL fancy that the Shire IS real…the HOBBITS ARE THERE…We just cannot see it. Because we dont want to….NOT BADLY ENOUGH! 🤷🏻♀️
Hahahhaa…YESSSS…..He…well…..didnt age well. 😅🤣🤣🤣
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oh this is so CUTE, I LOVE IT!! Bilbo, though not one of my personal favs, is such a fantastic, wonderful, fierce, brave, and lovable character. adore this xx
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AWWWW!! Thank you SOOO MUCH Macey! I AM SOO GLAD YOU LIKED THE LETTER! 😍😍😍😍
Well, to be honest, I like Aragorn a bit more than Bilbo. Okay I LOVE HIM! HE IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! 😍😍😍😍😍😍 Who is your fav though?
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Aragorn is heckin GORGEOUS FOR SURE!! I also love Leggy sm (Book Leggy is a CHEFS KISS), but Book Faramir is also FANTASTIC. Ugh, it’s so hard to choose
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OH YESSSS!! Legolasss!! 😍😍😍😍 Faramir!! 😍😍😍 They are just…PURE LOVE!
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