My Mother, Myself is a simple nostalgic exploration of the experience of parenting; my, at times, harried face stitched on my mother's collected hankies: remembering her struggles and my own. We parented in different times and different places.
She parented in the oppressive 1950's, a college educated woman who was discouraged from taking meaningful work outside the home.
I single parented in the post Vietnam, post go-go 70's, in that slow slide into decades of war.
We both parented with humor, anguish and hope.
digital embroidered selflies on vintage hankies embroidery files 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9