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A letter to Adara


Dear Adara, 

    I hope you know that you put up a good fight before handing over your sweet baby Luna. I am so sorry that you lost out on the experience of motherhood. You never got to hear Luna say her first word or take her first steps, but I hope you know that she was well taken care of. In life, we often have to make sacrifices for the ones we love. Deep down you knew that if you did not hand over your baby for the day of sacrifice that Luna would pay for that later in life. You unwillingly handing over your baby and staying in the Sister of the Stars’ tower for years truly shows how strong you are. I admire how you never let yourself forget about your daughter. You did anything you possibly could to make sure you could maintain the meager connection between you and your daughter and that is so inspiring. My parents divorced when I was five years old, and I remember being told by my father that he never wanted to be a part of my life. For years I tried to reach out to my father in the hopes that he had changed his mind, but he did not. I have not seen my father for thirteen years and a piece of my heart still remains missing. Though I have the most caring mother who has given me everything I could ever imagine, there will always be a piece of my heart that she cannot fix. I wish my father could learn from you. Though giving up your baby hurt your sanity and caused you to be locked away in a cell, the madness, and imprisonment that you felt lead to your discovery of magic. You finding and expressing the emotion of anger lead you to believe that “Madness and magic are linked, after all. Or I think they are” (213). Without you being taken away to live in a cell your madness never would have shown thus then your magical abilities never would have developed. After gradually finding out that Sister Ignatia lives off of others' sadness, you found a way to hide your own sadness by making paper birds with magic. Your discovery in magic truly helped you gain all the hope you had lost in life. The creation of the paper birds made you want to keep living as they helped you escape from the tower and led you to reunite with your daughter. Your daughter, Luna, never stopped loving you and understood that you did what you had to do in order to keep the Elders happy. I know you probably expected your daughter to lose all the love she had for you, but she didn’t. She too had drawn maps in the hopes she would find you one day. As Luna gets used to living with and hearing your name, Adara, she kindly mentions that “just as your mind went skittering in every direction trying to find me, so did my heart go wandering trying to find you” (375).  The bond between a mother and daughter is truly like no other. Nothing can ever break this unique bond, not even distance. Trust me. Over the last few years my mother and I have become more distant due to me growing up and being more independent, but the love that we have for each other is stronger than ever. I hope after you read my letter you can forgive yourself for sacrificing your daughter. You and Luna will rebuild your relationship in no time, and it will seem as though the two of you never separated. Keep staying strong Adara! You got this! 


Sincerely,  

Maddie Kobernick 

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