Good Fruit Version 2

Title: Good Fruit Version 2Artist Statement which is printed and included in your order: Good Fruit  I have often contemplated my role as a mom and the weight of teaching my child truth and untruth. My mind sometimes falls on fear that my religion can, in the future, somehow harm my child.  I’m not scared of being wrong about my beliefs for me. I’ve come to a place where I value my religion and see much good in its influence in my life.  But I am scared of being wrong about my beliefs for him. What if he resents it when he’s older? What if he resents me for raising him in religion?  What is the other option? To not talk about spiritual truths to him? To let life teach him to not believe in God? That can’t be right either.  This painting symbolizes this discord in my heart.  I now understand that, for now, I can pick what I feel is “good fruit” for him, until he’s tall enough to reach fruit on his own. I will do my research, I will pray, and I will show him how I try to find good fruit.