The Mother: ripeness, fertility, sexuality, fulfillment, stability, power and life.
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She chose the name Amidala for in the ancient religion Amida was the king of heaven so her royal name translated into the old tongue meant "ruler of paradise". At the time she had looked over her planet and knew that she had chosen the perfect name. Naboo was life. But, and this was something she only admitted to herself, she had fooled herself twice over thinking she knew life. First when ruling, second when marrying, thinking that no one could be more alive than she at that moment. But now, she ran a hand over her barely round belly, she understood that the creation of life was superior to all other things.
Marrying Anakin was truly the best thing she had ever done. It fulfilled her in a way nothing else ever could. I have better things to do than fall in love indeed! How proud she was, how foolish. She was glad that in the chaos of the universe, the stability of family still held true. She smiled at herself in the mirror, she was practically glowing. She was content at prime of her life, full of dreams for the future.
She closed her eyes and imaged her child, a bright-eyed boy or laughing girl. She imagined Anakin there and the two of them were raising their child, together. She was logical, she knew the future she imagined was unlikely, but she could dream.
Padme thought that nothing could be better than being a mother. Not to say that her accomplishments were any less or that the only way to find fulfillment was through motherhood. Padme was proud of what she did. She had ruled well as queen and was a strong senator. No one could deny what she did from the time she was fourteen up. She was pleased to of herself and the person she became. Padme thought that she could be content spoiling her nieces, no matter what her mother or sister said. A family of her own was pushed to the side. But now, she was content, happy, fulfilled.
That night she sang a Nubian lullaby to her children as the full moon bathed the carpet in pale light and she drifted off to sleep.