week 31 of the 52 portraits of me project. the prompt/theme for this week is "strength".
having grown up being at odds with my father has taught me to be strong, resilient and fortright. which helped as i am also the eldest daughter and i had to be in charge at home some of the time. and then i had to be mother to my siblings after my mother died when i was 21. because of my clashes with my father, i left the family home and got my own apartment which was not a traditional occurrence. couple that with the fact that all my younger siblings came with me. that's a world to carry, ain't it?
people generally think i am strong. but no one else has ever stood up for me and so i have always depended on myself alone. but i also need to be nurtured, how and when is rather problematic because i do not generally show emotion nor do i complain about any hardship i encounter. but there's no one to listen to my complaints or woes, except for my few friends who are busy and have more problems to solve and worlds to carry. but i tread on, and only put down the burden to get a little rest.
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the earth image is my own photograph; the background is from ribbet. processed in pse; a little sloppy but what can we do? :-P
I am sure your siblings are very grateful for the love and support you have given them. A very strong image which captures the emotions your are feeling.
@salza - that's where i got the idea for the prompt, only because my original idea was to have an arm wrestling shot but all my possible collaborators are away it being a long holiday weekend here. thank you, sally.
Talk to text made that "an easy lady" and I'm not sure if that was a Freudian slip or not !!!!!!