She Celebrated Her 40th the Way the Pandemic Wouldn't Let Her

Christine turned 40 during the pandemic. No celebration. No moment to mark who she had become — a nurse, a mother, a woman who had spent years putting everyone else first. So she did something she had never done before. She walked into a photography studio, stood in front of a camera, and gave herself the celebration she deserved. What she saw in those photographs surprised even her.