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// Author's Note 
// Story: Mother Celestia 
// by jl7895 
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It has almost been two years since I started writing this story. It ended up on over 1,000 shelves and has been viewed more than 5,500 times. This is unbelievable to me. I really can't even imagine 500 people, let alone 1,000. When I started writing this story, I honestly thought that maybe ten people would look at Mother Celestia and I just wouldn't finish it. It was the constant notifications I got telling me that more and more people are reading my story that kept me going. 

I didn't write this because I want you to be appreciate you mom or because I wanted an homage to my mom. To be honest, I wasn't even thinking about moms when I was coming up with this story. I wasn't thinking about Celestia or Golden or Cadence or Octavia. What I was thinking about how we define people. It then somehow became this, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

That being said, the story went through many changes. The first is the entire theme and perspective of the story. Originally, the story was going to be told from Celestia's point of view. It was going to be about her struggling between her duties as a princess and wanting to care for this colt she found. I decided to change it because I thought going from the kid's perspective and watched as he grew up would be more interesting. Golden also wasn't going to end up with Octavia. Angel was the first candidate, their story being about the struggles and temptations of a long distance relationship, but I just thought she wasn't right for her. Next was Vyxsin/Lavender. I thought the idea of a childhood friendship turning into something greater would be great. Of course, Lavender was my first option and made her Golden's first real love, but I ended up not going with her. Then there was Star. Star's story was a lot darker. In Senior Part 1, it was going to be reveled that she went to a party with Shining, where she was drugged and raped. Shining stepped in and saved her, but she had gotten pregnant. She was going to be kicked out of her house and move to Canterlot. Golden would be a surrogate father and the two would fall in love. It was also going to be reveled that Shining was the real father. I decided to not go this way because I felt like it was too dark. In the end, I'm happy the way it turned out. 

This has been an amazing two year experience and I won't forget it. Thank you for reading this story. It doesn't matter if you've been with me since the start or if you just picked it up. I am extremely grateful you took the time to read. A special thank you to everyone who has ever edited this story. You were a great help and and I really can't thank you enough. For the last time in this story, I hope you enjoyed what you just read because I enjoyed writing it.