As a mom myself, I know there have been times when I've felt misunderstood, by my husband, my own mom, and my children...but I have always felt like I was blessed with a fantastic mother, a wonderful role model, and I guess I've prided myself on being a "good mom".
In working on my Marie Antoinette Toy Theatre, I had to research her quite a bit, and although she had a horrendous reputation, just ask my teenage sons, who studied about her in their history classes, I came to the conclusion she was truly misunderstood and so very much another "good mom". If there was anything that she did well in her short lived life, it was being a loving, caring mother to her children. I read that in those times, the upper class would send their children away to be schooled and didn't have all that much to do with them. NOT Marie...she insisted her children remain with her at home...a "home schooler" I'm sure she'd be labeled now. She suffered miscarriage and lost a child at a young age...having suffered miscarriages myself, I could relate so well and again I found myself sympathizing with her. She so loved her privacy as I do, and she has become a spirit that has lived inside of me these past few months.
This is just a sneak preview of more to come that I have made for her and by her...In this portrait of Marie, I wanted to show her serene and happy side that her children brought out in her.
She was a "mother" first and foremost, then a Queen...and as a Queen she felt locked away in a prison of deceit, treason, hatred, and misunderstandings.
Her love for beautiful things was obvious, and as a young girl she couldn't help but be caught up in all the opulance that was available to her. Wouldn't we all have been?
My sons will never understand her, but her heart was held by her children, as mine is as well.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!!
