The Journey of Motherhood

Motherhood is a process and our roles as parents are ever-changing as we watch our children grow and come to understand who they are in the world. What I love most about parenting my son is encouraging him to embrace his creative spirit, while also exposing him to things that are not yet in his scope of imagination. Christopher is three, so for us that has meant watching the leaves change and fall this autumn and winter...and this also meant chasing the leaves that were falling. I must admit that in the midst of all that can be uncertain with our children I thrive on the few certainties that we are blessed to have. One for us is eating together. We try to eat together as a family every night, but Christopher and I eat together all throughout the day. When I created this set I was thinking of moms with young ones. I was thinking of those morning breakfasts, snacks and lunches...when you are so exhausted from...well lets just face it, from everything! So you sit down and have a cup of coffee or tea while you feed your child. I think because so much of our lives revolve around food these days, I get excited to create what I call "Mom and Me" sets. This is a mug for mommy and matching baby food bowls for child. This particular set has three images of mother and child going around the mug, which was painted on with oxide over the glaze. I love hieroglyphics so I tried to make these images simple and a little hidden. The images start with pregnant mom, mom and baby and finally mom with young child.