“It started back with my grandmother who painted in watercolor. My mom went went to Julliard so she had a music voice. My sisters, brother and I are all artistic in some fashion.

I’ve been sending handwritten notes on notecards I make on my computer — the front has a picture of a butterfly flying toward a bright light, and the back has our names and contact information.

On the back of each of Debbie Desjarlais' handmade greeting cards is the story of how a morning star quilt came into her family's possession.