The Little Rose Shop all came to be because of my sweet daughter, who was my biggest unplanned blessing. I became a single mom when I had her in college at age 21. Her existence brought extraordinary healing and conversion to my life which was very broken at the time. Prior to her birth, I was terrified and alone-I did not know how to cope with an unplanned pregnancy. I was fortunate enough to have experienced unconditional love from my family and friends when I finally told them. The compassion they showed me along with a truly miraculous experience in front of the Eucharist during my darkest moment, gave me courage to choose life. It was one of the greatest decisions, I’ve ever made. My daughter (AvaMarie) was the rose to my thorns. My shop name is a tribute to my story that roses grow from thorns. What I thought was a thorn at the time became a rose. Ever since her birth I was inspired to start creating things for her. As she got older I started making things that might help her grow in her faith (even though she’s really the reason I found mine). She is the spark behind this little shop and I’ve been so blessed to watch it grow. Now that she’s older and there’s more kiddos in the mix, I get more and more inspiration and have added more variety to my shop-but everything is an original design inspired by my children and season of life.