Not Always Happy

name. We never considered the Avengers. Prescient?

Finally, as the wave brought me back, I thought of Thorin’s parents who had named him after Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of the Company of Dwarves in The Hobbit, who makes the heroic journey to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Sitting across from Thorin, it was easy for me to imagine him as a hero who survived the challenges placed upon him. I prayed deeply that the legacy of his namesake portended a life of adventure, accomplishments, and love even I couldn’t imagine for him.

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