Anya I write to you now in what will be our first and final hours together to let you know how much I love you. It rips my heart to shreds to have to give you up, but in order to protect you from those who would do you harm, I let you go. I have researched the suitable families here on Sycoria and I know the Suffields are the best one for you. They will give you a loving, stable home where I cannot. Rest assured, if times were not as they are my precious daughter, you would remain with me until we were both old and gray. Knowing that you will be safe and that you will have someone to rock you and ease your fears when I cannot helps dull the pain searing through my heart. I want you to understand Anya that I am not giving you up because I don’t want you or don’t love you, but because to keep you would mean endangering your life. I have anticipated your arrival from the moment I knew you were coming and you will always be in my mind and heart no matter what separates us. My union with your father was forbidden, both of us being Jedi Knights, but from the first time we met as children in the Temple there has been a connection between us. At first I couldn’t stand him, for he was so damned sure of himself. As time passed, however, I found myself thinking more and more often of his eyes that seemed to see through to your very soul and the smile that could melt the coldest of hearts. Though many saw your father as cold and unfeeling, I knew better. His warmth and generosity knows no bounds. When we finally gave in to and admitted our feelings for each other, your father did something no one would have ever thought him capable of. He defied the mandates of the Jedi Council and took me as his wife. By this time, the Clone Wars were at their height and the Jedi were being hunted. We knew we would have very little time together, but we made every moment count. In our last days together, just before I came to Sycoria, you were conceived. Conceived through a love so bright and deep that not even death will break its spell. If sometime in the future the Force grants me the blessing of seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi again, I will tell my husband of our daughter and what I am doing to preserve your life. Force willing, maybe we will all meet face to face. If not, then we shall meet when the Force has called us all home. If you are reading this Anya, then I know you have found that special someone who completes you as your father completes me. Hold on to him tight my daughter and never let him go. The love you share will sustain you through the good and the bad. Be well my daughter and be happy. Always know that your father and I love you and miss you very much and only want what is best for you. The Force will be with you always Anya. Your Loving Mother Siri Tachi Kenobi
