Butterflies + Halos was created by Angie Hanson from small town midwest Nebraska.  She started thinking about designing cards in 2021. Angie lost her 1 year old son Garret in 2006 due to a rare heart defect, she then became a widow in February 2009 after her husband Jacks short battle with ocular melanoma, and she then became a grieving sibling in April 2009 after her brother Seth's battle with a 5 year brain tumor ended. Angie also sadly had to say goodbye to her sister-n-law, Brooke (her 1st husbands sister), in June 2018.  Angie has always struggled with finding the right sympathy card or grief card at the stores for her friends and family. Cards have always been so generic and not something she would say to her best friend after a death. Butterflies + Halos is a company that will help you grieve with your friend instead of trying to "fix" your friend. These cards might give a small giggle or an inkling of hope to your friends.  The butterflies are a metaphor representing spiritual rebirth, transformation, hope, and life; this serves to remind us that life is short.  Butterflies can also symbolize new beginnings, resilience, endurance, and change; just like we go through during our grief journey.  The Halo is a symbolism of holiness and it is known to be a "ring of light that encircles something bright".  Angie's motto for her companies name is "His glory and bright light has transformed me with a new beginning on life and living with hope".  I hope that by purchasing and sharing these cards with your friends and families, they feel the love that I have put into all of them.