Simply beautiful...I'm crying silently as I finish this. Thank you so much!

'Le chéile ag deireanach'. Together at last.
This was so beautiful it made me cry.

Very sweet... sniffle :)

Really really beautiful.

absolutely beautiful had tears in my eyes by the end so realistic i could picture it all in my head brilliant work

Thank you so much for writing this. So much. It's so uplifting, even though it is still painful to read. But, in a state of mind where I can sort of come to terms with the fact that Sybil died, it helps having something like this to think about. The fact that Tom still has a chance at happiness, even though never as it was before. But I wouldn't want him to be unhappy forever.

I wanted so much for Sybil, and that will never be, but her daughter and Tom now have the chance to live her life as well, and you really made sure to make this uplifting and wonderful.

I love how you connected the different times, and it never felt disconnected. It was all so touching, and so moving. The references were wonderful, too. That he made something of himself, just as he had promised. Baby Sybil as a nurse. And an actual future.

It did make me cry, but those weren't tears of desperation. Not happy tears either, but good tears, tears that actually help with the grief.

LOVED THIS. Perfect mix of happiness and angst, definitely bittersweet with a somewhat happy ending. I hate that she died, but we're getting some beautiful "moving forward" fics
-everyturnasurprise

A beautifully written piece. May I respectfully make a couple of suggestions to your wording in two places? I think your sentence describing Sybil's appearance to Tom as he passes out of this world into the next should read "... behind which formed the rest of her ..." - otherwise it doesn't quite make sense. And "... where it all should have begun" rather than as you have written. No offence meant.

"As she led him to forever" - a lovely phrase.

That's so beautiful, but brought back so many emotions. I will never get over this. :'(

But a genuinely heartbreaking, beautifully written story.

This is really good. I love how you have encapsulated the history.

Oh, Emma. I am at a loss for words at the moment. When I read your preview I was so emotional...you know at the moment I cannot read or write fanfic. But you have written such a wonderful tribute to the memory of Sybil, and such a fitting end to Tom, a justification of the ups and downs of his life. Thank you for writing this-it still breaks my heart to have to read about Sybil being gone but I love that you have her legacy carried on in their daughter. She lived the life that Sybil meant to live, and that was to become a caring nurse and raising a family of her own. I also loved that Tom became a success-even though it broke my heart not to see him succeed in politics or the news, he had a booming business in cars. And what a great name: Ready to Travel.
I'm crying again-can't help it, Sybil called Tom to her and this time HE was ready to travel.
;'( Isabel

This was heartbreaking. I cried while reading it. Thank you so much for this beautiful story.

Well you've made me cry again! That was beautiful! I had written a little fic quite similar to this but I think I will post it, as yours is just so wonderful!

Can I just second The Yankee Countess's hopes for a Titanic ending? I would give anything to have a JBF make a cameo appearance before the show ends permanently. Anyways, I liked it. My heart did sting a bit at the thought of Tom loving someone else even if he realized he couldn't give her his whole heart. But that's true to life in the case of some widows/widowers and I'm glad you did write that in.

Ofc, there are those that never move on (my grandpa died when my mom was 4 and my grandma, a woman in her late 20s, never fell in love again ). So it can go both ways but since I've been seeing S/T fics where my grandparents' experience is reflected, it's nice to see another experience such as the one in this fic. Good work.

Emma this is lovely and gorgeous and heartbreaking. Thankyou for sharing. My very favourite line -
"She was a gift to this world that I was lucky enough to borrow for a while." SUCH a beautiful turn of phrase

Lezzles x