I'm a Mum and a...

Join in the task:

Take a bright piece of card and a black marker and write a word that completes the sentence "I'm a mum (or a gran) and a ..." on the card. Take a photographic portrait of yourself, holding up the card so that we can read the word. Send your photo in to us by clicking on 'join in' above...

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Read more:

In October 2012, we featured guest posts on motherhood and identity:

On a Quest for Balance - Pippa Best

My Mum-Hat is stuck on my head! - Ericka Waller

My Fragile Identity - TJ

I'm a Mum and a... Confident Woman - Cintia Listenbee

I'm a Mum and an... Artist - Sara Davies

I'm a Mum and a... Feminist - Lyndsay Kirkham

I'm a Mum and a... Book Birther - Teika Bellamy

I'm a Mum and a... Mess - Kat Pearce 

I'm a Mum and a... Woman who Adapts - Anna Edmondson

And you can read other mums' thoughts on motherhood and identity at our recent Mums' Make Date: Who are YOU now you're a Mum? 

Thanks to Ian Kingsnorth for all the photos from the story of mum launch party to start us off, and Steve Tanner's Asylum Studios for the inspiration.