MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY
I know this kind of thing has been done before, but I wanted to try it my way. I wanted to show in my own words just how Tumnus feels about Lucy, and how he would express it to her.
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Characters © C.S. Lewis and Disney/Walden Media
Story © unicorn-skydancer08
All rights reserved.
My dearest, most beloved Lucy—
Words cannot even begin to describe just how much you mean to me, or everything that you have done for me.
Not a day goes by when I don't think of you, nor when I don't thank Aslan for sending you into my life. A simple "thank you" doesn't seem like enough; in fact, it's nowhere half-enough. That day we first ran into each other, at Lantern Waste, when you were but a small child, I'd never realized what would come out of our little encounter. And when I told you later, just before you went back to Spare Oom, that I was glad to have met you regardless of whatever happened to me, truer words had never been spoken.
You came to me when I was at the lowest, darkest point in my life. I was all alone, in the cold, heartless world, with nothing to live for, and nothing to believe in. I had lost everything—my family, my friends, my reputation, my honor; beyond that, I had lost hope, faith, and confidence. I was at the point of giving up altogether by the time you came along.
But you taught me to believe, and to trust again. You showed me there was still such a thing as hope. When I put you in harm's way, when I meant to hand you over to the White Witch, and yet you freely forgave me for what I'd very nearly done, you proved to me there was still such a thing as a second chance, an opportunity to change myself for the better.
It gave me the courage to seek Aslan's forgiveness, and turn my life around.
It was like being born again.
It wasn't a lightning strike, of course, and I can't say my life changed overnight. But that day, a seed began to grow in my heart, and it flourished with time. Today, when I look back, when I think of all that has come about, my heart almost bursts with joy. I count it among the greatest blessings of my life to have known you, to know you still.
Once again, merely thanking you for what you did would never suffice.
But please just know that you have truly touched my life, that you have saved me in essentially every way a person can be saved, and I will be forever grateful, to you…and to Aslan.
I remain faithfully and humbly yours, from now until the end of eternity,
Tumnus