Coffee Break
I can’t recall a time when Christa was without a smile, though she always has so much on her plate! Taking this break was probably brief as she was probably running off to study for her Master’s Degree in teaching, or to drop one of her three children someplace… that would be the three children she raises all by herself! Or she was probably about to run off to teach or do Kung Fu or to teach special education in the public school system. Our community is certainly lucky to have this woman who is so passionate about teaching!
She’s also a breast cancer survivor and though it takes a lot of strength of character and will to keep going through an illness like that, it’s not what I find most amazing about her story. I have always been so awed that she opted not to have reconstructive surgery. She has embraced the shape of her body with its changes. I think she’s beautiful especially because she is proud of who she is and lets her scars tell her story, instead of trying to fit into what society thinks the female form should look like.
- Subject Matter: portrait, figure