a.n. Hey y'all. Well, I'm back and here is what I've been working on since January. This is my collection of vignettes, all centered around Mother's Day and each focused on a different mother/family/person. I hoping to have seven in all but I'm not quite down with the seventh yet. I posted it up today for three special reasons: 1. Duh, it's about Mother's Day and that's what today is. 2. It's my birthday so this is my treat to all of you. And 3. It's George Lucas' birthday too and I don't think any of us would be reading this if it wasn't for him. Right? Anyways, Enjoy!

Nabooan Morning

Quiet giggles and hushed whispers slowly pulled Jobal Naberrié from her slumber. The sun was bright, the breeze was crisp, and the sounds of the morning were calm and peaceful. She could sense three people in the room with her, and that brought a warm smile to her face. She knew that her two daughters were standing by and that her husband was lurking about somewhere behind them. She carefully opened her eyes; a happy smile crept upon her face as three happy voices greeted her in unison.

"Happy Mother's Day!"

At these three simple words, she became fully awake and sat up in bed, yawning sleepily and happily. Her husband Ruwee carefully set a tray in her lap filled with fruit, toast, milk, juice, and fresh breakfast pastries. Her eyes lit up as she saw the ensemble; she loved every one of the foods on the tray in front of her. She smiled brightly at her husband and he returned it, his smile just as bright. She looked at the bedside next to her; standing quietly with happy smiles on their young faces were her two young daughters. Sola stood nearest to her, the young woman she was quickly becoming was shown quite evidently on her face. Her youngest daughter Padmé stood a little further away looking every bit the politician she was fast becoming. Ruwee had stepped away from the bed after he had set the tray down, to give his daughters more room to gather around the bedside. She looked at each one of them, smiling happily and gently nodding her head. Padmé and Sola stepped closer to her, looking a little apprehensive but excited at the same time. Sola held out her hand to her mother, showing her that she had been holding a small, gift-wrapped package.

"This is from both of us mom," Sola announced looking at her mother earnestly. Jobal happily accepted the gift from her hands and carefully unwrapped it. She took the now unwrapped box and opened it, her eyes widening in surprise and happiness. She gently took the silvery necklace out of the box and just stared at it, a thousand happy thoughts running through her mind. Padmé and Sola stood nervously in the silence, glancing back and forth between each other and their mother on the bed in front of them, searching for some sign of reaction from her. Suddenly a wide grin broke out on Jobal's face as she set the necklace back into its box and laid it on the tray in front of her. She gestured towards her daughters to come towards her. They cautiously stepped towards her and were quite surprised but happy when she threw her arms around them and hugged them tightly, small tears falling from her eyes.

"Oh! It's beautiful! I love it! Thank you very much you two," Jobal shrieked, happily. She gently pushed her daughters away and gave them each a gentle kiss on the cheek. The two both released a nervous sigh and beamed brightly at their mother. Jobal smiled back and turned her smile to her beaming husband. He nodded knowingly and cleared his throat.

"Come on girls," Ruwee announced as Sola and Padmé turned their faces towards him, "let's let your mother enjoy her breakfast." The girls nodded in agreement and stepped away from the bedside, still smiling at their mother.

"Thank you so much for the gift, and the breakfast. I love you all so very much," Jobal told them as they turned to leave. Padmé turned back towards her mother and smiled at her.

"We love you too Mom, and Happy Mother's Day!" The three left quietly and as Jobal started her breakfast, she began to think about the coming day. She knew that her family had something special planned for her on her special day to show her just how much they loved her. She smiled as a single thought crossed her mind: how lucky she was to have such a loving family.