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I became shallow and empty; more concerned about my outward appearance than my inward beauty.
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Greetings, friend of Narnia, and thank you for coming to hear my story. I know people are anxious to know what happened to me; so I have decided to make an attempt at tying up all the loose ends for you. (And please pardon me if it’s a little rough. I wrote all this in a bit of a rush.)
My name is Susan Carmichael, though you probably know me as Susan Pevensie. But I’m happily married now, to a wonderful man that even my over-protective brothers would approve of...if they were here. We already have one beautiful daughter, who’s three years old, and another little one on the way. I am happy and satisfied with the life I have...and in case you are wondering, yes. I am still homesick for Narnia. But I can bear it now. I am at peace and content to wait here, in my world, until Aslan sees fit to call me Home. I now know His name in our world...and knowing that He is near me, even here, is a great comfort to me.
I wasn’t always this happy, though. I suppose you remember how my siblings and I once reigned as kings and queens, during the Golden Age of Narnia...and then how we went back a second time to aid Prince Caspian in the fight to win back his...
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Susan Pevensie
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In The Last Battle, Susan was the only Pevensie that survived the train wreck on Earth which sent the other children to Narnia after the Last Battle. Susan choses not to return to Narnia. Peter says that she is "no longer a friend of Narnia", and (in Jill Pole's words) "she's interested in nothing now-a-days except nylons and lipstick and invitations." Eustace Scrubb says that she said, "What wonderful memories you have! Fancy you still thinking about all those funny games we used to play when we were children," and Polly Plummer adds, "She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she'll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age. Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can." So, Susan does not enter the real Narnia with the others at the end of the series. It is left unknown whether or not Susan's absence is permanent, especially since Lewis said elsewhere that "The books don't tell us what happened to Susan. She is left alive in this world at the end, having by then turned into a rather silly, conceited young woman. But there's plenty of time for her to mend and...
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[i]My dearest child,
Do you know how much I love you? Or how deeply I know you?
I know your name, your favorite pastime, your worst fear. I know what you love, and what you hate. I chose the color of your hair and eyes. I know the number of hairs on your head, the number of days you'll live, and every secret in your heart. I know every detail of your past, what you're doing, saying and thinking right now, and what your future will be. I know your deepest thoughts, dreams and desires. And I know the longing you have; the longing to escape and find a better, greater world. A world that is found within the pages of seven particular books you've loved and cherished and read cover-to-cover, over and over again.
I saw the hope in your face each time you knocked on the back of every closet in the house, and the disappointment when you walked away, shaking your head and smiling sadly; your mind telling you that it's only make-believe, but the aching in your heart crying out for the other place you know must exist somewhere...the place that is your true home.
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