Self Portrait Tuesday
Exploration of identity…
I’ve been thinking a fair bit about this one – who am I? I am a mother, a wife, a teacher, a knitter, a Christian, a Coeliac, a physics graduate, a cook, a pianist – all these things and many others, but although they are all boxes into which I could be put, they don’t capture me entirely. They all impact on my everyday life enormously (well, all except the pianist bit – we must tidy the front room so I can get at it!), but there is more to me. I am also messy, enthusiastic, irritable (more so at some times than others), inconsistent, loving, capable, bigger than I would like, beginning to go grey… I wear my hair scraped back into a ponytail and only ever wear makeup when I’m going out somewhere special. I start new projects with great (obsessive?) gusto, but find it difficult to finish them. I love Jesus, but frequently cringe at others’ expressions of faith (I’m pretty much cringing at “I love Jesus” ). I am also a (reluctant) camper, a (very infrequent – much too infrequent) rambler and once, just once, I dressed up in a bin bag to go to a show.
And right now I’m being the neglectful mother of a poorly boy – I must go and spend some “quality time” with him…
one comment:
i love these…yes we are so much more than our jobs, our relationships, and all that surface stuff…there’s also all that stuff that’s underneath…la vie en rose () (link) - 23 November '05 - 21:08
