For those who wondered, it is extremely doubtful I will go any further with this particular story. My LOTR stories are all somewhat open-ended and lend themselves to continuation if I choose to do so, but this story, in my mind anyway, has reached its conclusion. The "epilogue" is the final few paragraphs telling about their "future" in a vague way. As much as we love these stories, it is hard to keep "happily ever after" interesting. Kids and bills and gray hair just usually aren't thatcompelling to read about, and that is why most fairy tales end by simply telling you they lived happily ever after rather than detailing what that ever after entailed.
But I do thank you for your interest and have appreciated all the feedback. If you like LOTR, I am working on a sequel to one of my stories (which hopefully I will actually complete) and have even considered continuing the others later, if I come up with a workable idea. You can either keep an eye on the "Just In" page or put me in your Author Alert list and you will be notified by e-mail when I post something new.
Thanks again!