Spring And Inexplicable Hope – April 1419

Every evening, setting dishes out to dry, Rosie resolved not to look again.  And every morning her heart rose, whispering a secret hopeful song inside her, telling her the darkness would soon end and her Sam was coming home.  There was no reasoning behind the inexplicable certainty she had that some great and shining change had occurred in the world, and there was nothing to link that with his return.  And yet, every day, midmorning found her on the small road that wound towards Hobbiton, on any errand she could imagine, looking for sign or sound that he was back.