Thank you, I think the artist did a great job..

She is Samantha Reed Smith, here is a link with more info
http://www.samanthasmith.info/History1.htm

I stumbled upon her story and was just… grabbed by it, you know? Feel like there’s a little part of her in me

And that’s what I’m always told; that the ribs are an unusual spot to start… ways I see it, there’s nowhere to go but uphill from here, right? 😀

I was more nervous about the fact that I was getting a portrait, but I went to ‘the guy’ in town, and wasn’t disapointed

Thank you for the positive words, guys.. and Peter, it is a sad story I guess but also hopeful in a way.. I think every person has had the same thoughts Samantha did during their lifetime. It just goes to show, that it takes someone with the “audacity” to actually stand up and convince the world it can change for the better, for the world to listen.. I just admire that in her, she was not yet preoccupied with the rat race, or saving face with the “popular kids” or anything like that.. she just asked the question burning in people’s minds and did her best to get not only answers, but good answers.. takes some courage to go outside people’s safe zones by demanding better of them!