The Disappeared Luna
I cried and refused her request.
"Don’t hate your father," my mother’s voice was gentle. "I loved him for a lifetime, hated him for a lifetime, thought of him for a lifetime, resented him for a lifetime, but still, I’m grateful to the Moon Goddess for giving me a person to love, to hate, to think of, and to resent. Otherwise, life would be like a dry well, devoid of any meaning."
At the time, I didn’t understand her words. I just thought she was as cruel as my father and that she was going to abandon me too.