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Christa will be in conversation with Kristina Sheldon for Indigenous Disability Awareness Month

Nov 18 ,  2021

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Previous: 6-Minute Memoir, “Broken Hearts”

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CAN YOU EVEN To know me is to know I love the cla CAN YOU EVEN To know me is to know I love the classic 80s film Beaches, starring Bette Midler. My Lou @pocketalchemy knows this and took the time to pause, zoom in, AND THEN CREATE A PATTERN to crochet me a toque just like the one Cece wears in the scene Hilary arrives in New York. The tour of Cece’s kitchen is one of my favourite scenes (but I can’t actually pick a favourite) , and I was BESIDE MYSELF with delight that Lou spent the time to make this for me. Sending a bit of warmth and delight from this corner of the world. It’s a hard time of year. It’s a hard time. #senduptheheat #Beaches #lous Image description: slide one, christa is a white, Cree woman, smiling a happy squinty smile, outdoors. She’s wearing a burgundy toque with a pink spiral crocheted into it. Slide too, a still from the movie beaches with Bette Midler‘s character wearing the same toque. Slide three, Susan is a white woman with red hair holding up the toque she crocheted and beaming.
Ruth Couture ✨ September 3, 1931-November 24, 20 Ruth Couture ✨ September 3, 1931-November 24, 2024 My step-mother Ruth was one of my parents since I was six; a teacher-turned-market-researcher from New Jersey who’d lived in Manhattan but also followed my dad to a reserve in Northern Alberta. She loved a margarita on the rocks (no salt) and a filet mignon. She always wore giant sunglasses and carried a purse that would exceed carry-on luggage limits. She had velcro curlers in her hair more often than not. She pronounced drawer as “draw” and “human” as “you-man.” When she was laughing really hard it would be silent shaking until high shrieks escaped. She was incredibly stubborn (her long term care home would kindly say “independent”) and would lie to avoid hard conversations (her friend referred to this as, “she’s a character alright”). She’s one of the only other people I know who’s lost two children — her first baby, George, in the 50s; her daughter, Kathleen, ten years ago. I’m so grateful I got to be with her when she died. I’m grateful to her bestie Tina and her grandson Josh. I’m grateful to the staff at her care home who helped her and me through her last days. I’m grateful to the pals who held my hand as I held hers in her last moments and unloaded the dishwasher the morning after so I could sit still. I love her. ID in pinned comments
Moving. In my ten years in Toronto, this was my t Moving. In my ten years in Toronto, this was my tenth home. And it was a good one. A soft landing after my co-parent and I separated; light filled rooms that held me and my kid, my friends, and family celebrating, grieving, working and playing; front and back yards that gave us every shifting moment of the seasons; and the company of a giant oak tree, cardinals, blue jays, woodpeckers, mourning doves, squirrels, and a rabbit that one time. My kid turned 4, 5, 6 and 7 here! She started kindergarten... and grade two! I started two new jobs. Launched my short film series. Found more ease, more rest, more joy, and a cat here. A couple of the neighbours were crap, it was very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer, but Glendale Ave was a good home. I’m grateful it was ours. Now on to number eleven! Image description: 1) Christa, a white Cree woman with a prosthetic leg, stands in an empty room in front of large, old windows 2) Christa selfie on a sunny front porch 3) Video of Christa’s kid at age five running down the front steps with an umbrella in the rain 4) The kid and two of her grandparents playing with hula hoops in the front yard 5) Kid waist deep in snow with houses in the background 6) Christa selfie lying in summer green grass 7) Kid and her Auntie Lou having a snack and story next to a Christmas tree 8) Kid at age four with her Gramou and Mae Mae opening Christmas presents in front of a fireplace 9) Christa in only one of two times she wore the orange Lucy and Yak overalls kneeling with a birthday cake for kid to blow out the candles, surrounded by other kids 10) Cloudy the very fluffy orange and white cat having knocked over a lamp 11) POV of Christa’s leg and stump in the bathtub avec old yelllow tiles and candles on the side
Some exciting news! I’ve got an essay in the ne Some exciting news! I’ve got an essay in the new anthology “Owning It: Tales from our Disabled Childhoods”, among many other brilliant disabled adults who were also disabled kids. It’s the book I wish I’d had when I was young — not patronizing stories of overcoming, but the real stories of what it’s like to be a kid with a disability, brought together by @theCatchpoles and @jenvcampbell and being published by @FaberChildrens. I don’t think there’s a book like it yet in the world (let it be the first of others!). I was so honoured to be asked by James to contribute and took some time figuring out which story I’d want to tell. I settled on a harrowing tale of auditioning for a high school production of “Crazy For You” — why it meant the world to me, how it crushed my heart, and where I went from there. The collection features writers from across the globe, some pictured here! Look, we’re all so excited! I can’t wait for you, and, really, disabled kiddos to read it. Spread the word! “Owning It” is coming April 24, 2025. Contributors include: @ellemcnicollofficial @sitting_pretty @nina_tame @jessicaoutofthecloset @christacouture @carlyfindlay @sorajkasuga @pollyrowena @ashleyharriswhaley @danielsluman alexwegman @gruelig astrominx @crutches_and_spice @ilya_poet @kdwinchester @sillyverdile @drmlgodin #AliAbbas #EugeneGrant Image descriptions in pinned comment
46 ✨ What. A. Year. Every bit of sweetness, s 46 ✨ What. A. Year. Every bit of sweetness, success, and safety I’ve experienced in the past year is thanks to the love, support, energy, and efforts of the people in my life. I have so much to be grateful for in my little corner of this incredible, heartbreaking world; so many people I lean on and look to and love. It is a gift to love in return 💕 Image description: Christa is a white, Cree woman in a black @saverezdogs hoodie (because it’s her favourite) and light jeans, sitting on her front steps with one knee up and her prosthetic leg bent in front of her. It’s autumn, it’s sunny, it’s a perfect October Toronto day.
The self-exploration found in role play 💕 I lo The self-exploration found in role play 💕 I loved this conversation with @beatricealexandriawarner for @postcardsfromseries See more in “Postcards from... Montreal” streaming on AMIplus.ca Video description: Christa is a white Cree woman sitting across from Beatrice, a white trans woman, in Montreal’s medival-themed restaurant Auberge du Dragon Rouge. They both have giant goblets and Christa has a giant boar shank, as one does. Transcript: C: For one year of my life, I played world of warcraft. B: Been there! C: ...every day, for hours. And it was a year of my life that I was in, like, deep, deep grief. Playing World of Warcraft was not only escapist and helped pass the time, but I was getting to interact with people, but they didn’t know what was going on in my life. I got to just step into this role and be in this world, and I found it and I found it really soothing. And I wonder if there’s something about that that kind of helps you take a break from maybe the parts of your life that are difficult. B: I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ll even add the word “self exploration.” You know, being a trans woman, as I am, my whole experience in role playing games my entire life, I was role playing as female characters. I actually remember my first Wold of Warcraft character — fast forward to three years ago, I began my transition and chose the name Beatrice, and my mother actually calls me Beanie, which was the name as that first character that I role played as. C: Wow B: Which is kind of a full circle moment for me. C: Ya! B: I think that role play, larping, video game role play, table top role play is a form of escapism. It’s also just a form of — C: Trying things on. B: Trying things on and feeling like you can do so in a safe space. C: Ya.
Today she’s seven ✨😍❤️ Image descripti Today she’s seven ✨😍❤️ Image description: Christa and her kid on the beach in BC. Christa is sitting on the stones and her brilliant bright light of a kid is standing, moving, shining.
Eighteen. This year feels like a milestone. I hav Eighteen. This year feels like a milestone. I have no idea what my life would be like if Emmett had lived — though there’s no doubt it would be very different from the life I have now. I love my life; and I long to have known that other path. I long to know him at 18. My heart aches as much as ever; grief keeps changing shape over and over. Happy birthday, little one, I love you. I miss you.
Thank you @calgarylibrary for being my first! Vid Thank you @calgarylibrary for being my first! Video description: POV of walking between white bookstacks at the Calgary library, until coming to the music biography section and a hand with purple nail polish pulls a book from the shelf that says “how to lose everything, Christa Couture” on the front.
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