Paula Varju:  

Life I was supposed to go to Morton East Highschool, but my parents moved to Berwyn, so I spent Freshman year at Morton West - then we moved to Westmont, IL and I finished highschool at Westmont Highschool for those of you who knew me way back when! Well, after highschool, I gave my dream of being a floral designer a good go, but the pay and the hours got old really fast, so I entered the wonderful world of the insurance business where I have been since 1981 - Joy! I gave the floral business one last shot at me in 1989 and decided it would just be a hobby and went right back to insurance and semi-sane working hours. I got married in 1991 to Mike Gardner and we had our first son, Ryan in 1992 and our second son, Spencer, in 1994. In early 2000, Mike was diagnosed with colon cancer and after a n...Expand for more