MISSING: Baby girl wearing a diaper and a t-shirt with a colander on her head. You heard me correctly, a colander on her head.

Based on a true story that has nothing to do with my sister:)

After a frantic search through the neighborhood the police were called in to solve the mystery of the missing toddler with a colander on her head. She was found about a mile away from her home near a busy street picking thorns out of her feet. She was on her way to the store to get some candy. The thorns stopped her from attempting to cross the busy road. And though she was crying, she returned safely home to us with the colander still on her head.

I received word from Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont, that one of my bow tie patterns, Costa Mesa, is in the top 10 selling bow ties as well as neck ties. While you are there check out my other patterns, Pamona and Inglewood.

I am having a hard time expressing how good I feel. I hope the attached image will help. The left side of the image was taken just before surgery on May 25 and the right side of the image was taken on the morning of May 27.

Thank you to all who have blessed our family over this past year. I will always be grateful to my donor family for the gift of life that they gave in a time of such great personal sorrow.