Mothers

Dorothea Lange

Migrant Mother

Nipomo, California

1936

This, for me, is the real picture of motherhood.

What do you see when you look at this photograph?

I see determination.

I see the inward gaze of a woman contemplating her future.

I see a child resting peacefully in a mother's arms.

I see fatigue etched in the slumped shoulders of the older children.

I see the dirt of life that clings to each child.

I see a woman.

I see a mother.

I see myself.

What do you see?