A giveaway

My sister, Stephanie, had cataract surgery recently. I know what you may be thinking. No, I don't have a 70 year old sister. My sister and I, who are still relatively young at 31 years old, had cataracts. I was diagnosed with them when I was about 20 years old. However, it wasn't until I had my first son, Riley, that I felt like my vision was being compromised by them. I had my cataracts removed about 3 years ago and my sister, who was only diagnosed with cataracts recently, just had hers removed.
The location of our cataracts magnified the sun brightness. So much so, that our doctors said we were legally blind when ouside in the sun. Inside, it wasn't quite as bad, but we still couldn't do things like thread a sewing machine.
Cataract surgery is fairly routine. However, during the recovery, you aren't supposed to lift anything over 10 pounds. Hard to do when you're a young mother with small children. Stephanie's in-laws took her children for a week on two different occasions during her recovery. Our parents helped in their own way as well. Stephanie sewed a purse for her mother-in-law as a thank you. I really like this bag.

But it's not this purse she is giving away... it's this purse below, which is still really cute! This is the purse she made for our mother and she's giving another one away to a reader. So, head on over to the sewing room to see the details about the give away.