I really enjoyed this bittersweet story.  In it I can sense so many things - the loneliness of missing a loved one, a measure of despair but not too deep, and the sea-longing somehow, even though you didn't mention it - and finally the joy one feels when a long-lost loved one has returned.  I thought this story was very lovely.

I really enjoyed this chapter!  It had humour - Galadriel feeling like an elfling reciting a lesson in front of her uncles - and I just loved the mention of Gimli and that Galadriel feels the way she does about him.  Very lovely.