Very moving story. Love the descriptiveness of it.

Yeah! One of my Christmas wishes come true: a Sam/Sookie fic, and a darn good one!
I love little Sookie,you really captured how a kid that age acts, great idea to write about that tiny piece of info we had from her childhood.
I also liked the smooth transition to present time in your fic.
So yep, my favorite pairing is Sam/Sookie.I still visit Fanfiction because I don't mind reading other pairings, especially if Sam is still there in the background being his own sweet, loyal self, but I know a lot of people who like S/S and just stopped coming here...
So THANK YOU :Really, I can't see how this fic could be more perfect!

I loved it! I'm glad you expanded on that part of the book. I've always wondered about that day Sookie helped her father. And I liked the relationship pairing.

Very thoughtful story -I can't imagine how hard it would be for little Sookie to try to keep remarks to herself when she thinks she hears with her "ears" and not her "mind"... Not sure about the Sam part -but you captured "little Sookie" beautifully and it was bittersweet for the poor little girl...

I've been looking forward to this appearing - just like Christmas itself! I thought it was telling how much Sookie held back - my 6 yr old daughter blurts out everything and the questions are non-stop. But she hasn't spent her whole life getting it 'wrong' and disappointing people. I did like Sookie's interpretations of all the odd, big words she heard in people's heads. It made me wonder if she ever tried to use them herself, and get in trouble that way.

I loved Sookie's joy in her white sandals. Although it was kind of heartbreaking that her mother din't mention the candy cane outfit. It makes you realise how hard it was for Sookie to always know what was left unsaid - another kid would have blurted out what they were supposed to be, but Sookie knows her mother's seen it, and just doesn't bother to say.

Gran being so distracted worried me, a little. I guess it settles down when she gets Sookie fulltime, but it was obvious here she was trying so hard to keep herself in check around Sookie. I guess in the long run it'll pay off, but I worried about Sookie picking up on that, and feeling like she's causing her Gran problems.

That meeting was a hard ask for Sookie. Trying to concentrate would have been hopeless, and you did a wonderful job of painting a picture of all the thoughts that Sookie would have been exposed to just by going out for a meal. I did like the little boy and his collection of cars, I'm always amazed by the way kids find each other when they're out and about and I wished Sookie could have just gone and played with him, rather than sat there and tried hard to do the job her daddy wanted her to. It does make it easier to see how she'd fall into doing it for the vampires, although it's not like they gave her much of a choice.

And the ending, with Sam, was lovely. The line "...I feel lucky to be a telepath" says it all, really. Sookie has come a long way in finding love and acceptance and I think it's all the more poignant because she's found it in the place where she always felt so much like an outsider.

Oh, and I loved Bubba's little cameo, even if it was in voice only. We've had nothing but Christmas songs in the car this week, and he's played a few times now!

Brilliant story. I so enjoyed it! Merry Christmas, and thank you for reminding me of my own childhood memories - candy cane earrings from the Avon catalogue and trips along hot, dusty gravel roads :)

Such a true portrait of remembering being six and Christmas.

Awe very nice.
Linda

I love it! You captured the distractions around little Sookie perfectly. Honestly, I think she was lucky she was raised by Gran. I can't imagine how her life would have been if she was raised by parents who didn't try to understand her. Love the ending, too.