Revisiting Mother’s Day
I was thinking about all the posts I saw on Mother’s Day and what seemed to be their underlying theme. A variety of words come to mind: love, gratitude, devotion, reverence, honor, and many, many more.
it has been over fifty years since I lost my mother and I still think about her all the time. Like so many mothers she was the strongest influence on me. I still weigh any decision with what I think her position may be on a subject. She did have good judgement based upon her degrees from UC Berkeley with a double major in psychology and English Literature She also had teaching credentials from USC and taught briefly at the junior college level. And this was in the 1930”s when not a lot of women even went to college.
I Can’t Pay You Back
She was not a “stay-at-home “mother and always worked to support us. We did not suffer. I could easily turn this into a mythic tale. But I won’t. All I can say is what I said in the outsider, assemblage art pictured above. “Momma, I Can’t Pay You Back” And like most mothers she would not have any expectations for me or my brother to do so.
The assemblage is an old, wood and metal washboard with children’s blocks. Mixed media. 12” by 20”