Bridget Pawlak:  

Life After high school, I commuted via rail to work full-time in downtown Chicago, while putting myself through college part-time. I attended Prairie State College where I majored in photography and art. In 2000, I married the love of my life, Richard Pawlak (Thornwood 1990). We spent our honeymoon in Maui and began our new life together in Homewood. After giving up my career as an Executive Assistant at J. Walter Thompson Advertising in Chicago in 2001 to finish college full-time and be a housewife, we transplanted ourselves to Manteno, IL after finding an adorable "fixer-upper". We are still in the process of renovating the 145 year old historical home and it's gardens. Our latest project is a 2000 sq. foot addition which will break ground in the spring 2008. In 2005 my life long dreams became a reality. I opened Doves Photography Studio (Manteno, IL) AND became a mommy! After 5.5 years of infertility struggles, my husband and I were finally blessed with a baby boy (Brendan) on Christmas Eve 2005. After another 14 months of strugg...Expand for more