In Her Son's Memory

" Well today ever going to introduce you to an incredible woman eight years ago handbag designer Jane Dearborn lost her son to leukemia. Today Jane is thriving and has found a way to survive his loss by inspiring others here's Brock with a heartwarming story. About two seven years ago. My middle son max. Passage -- fun."

" Music. For the first couple years it was very very difficult. And accident was. A wonderful wonderful little boy. Just a great sense of humor and people calm cool song the signal -- home."

" This is -- your decision you can choose to. To fight this thing you can choose not. And he just looked at me and said that I'll never get off."

" Max lost his battle in 2001. For years Jane would often find yourself in his room where she would grieve and I started to --"

" and excited that I needed to really embrace my life again I had two other boys that he -- their mom. So I you know I just got them. Figure out a way to get myself going and have something to look forward to. So I decided that I would try to reconnect with my creativity as a way to shield and how -- the fabric store and as soon as I stepped in and saw some of the fabrics it's just coming. Kid in the candy store was just wonderful and looking at all the different and then that I got the idea -- would start making him back this is my studio where I -- design and create out of my hands at my studio is that his home and -- and I -- my work. Here it's for me. It's a way that I honor him its way to connect with friends and I feel like he's here hoping I decide all of the bags I think this clients."

" This was not -- this what I really had fun with an ostrich feathers. And lamb -- have there been -- this has become a family affair Jane's husband Chris is the vice president in charge of sales and her eighteen year old son helped design. Together they found a way to heal."

" It's definitely help the process. It's really what we're about that's why we're doing this distance. So. It's there all the time. At work I can go back and I could I could forget about I was talking I wouldn't be talking to customers can be talking about software and in -- union contracts and you can get your mind off -- but here. It's it's why it's why we exist. So it's it's it's in my face all the time and that's that's that's a good thing."

" And the business is successful they've sold in boutiques in Scottsdale Arizona and Portland Oregon. And what does her bags we'll get national recognition on an episode of ugly Betty but for the Dearborn this business is more than just making and selling back. It's really not about the handbags for me I loved designing them making them and seeing people wear them but for me it's about. It's about giving back. With a childhood leukemia we saw so many families and so many children in pain so if we can make a difference. And even one person's life and we served our purpose in this process and inspiring others and raising money for researching Jane has found a way to rebuild herself and going back seven years. I would never -- at this moment in my. So I do hope that. Other people can be inspired by that and knows that if you're going through a difficult time. That things can and will get. You commute military life in the -- ever imagined them for better I'm Brooke Carlson."

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