Samwise Gamgee’s speech to Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Samwise Gamgee’s speech to Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

“Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights, we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end,…

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My knee . . .

My knee . . .

Having hurt my knee again … I’ve been reminded of the near helplessness I experienced 11 years ago when I hurt my knee the first time. This time, it didn’t last so long, and I did experience the same problems trying to get comfortable and trying to move around in bed without stressing my knee all over again. I realized rather starkly, just how  painful it is to roll over when your knee hurts.…

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