ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007 Therese was born in 1873 to religious parents, a watchmaker and lacemaker. At the age of 15 she entered the Carmelite monastery at Lisieux and became a nun. She contracted tuberculosis and her health steaduily declined until her death in 1897. She had written a spiritual memoir, "The Story of a Soul", in which she wrote of the "Little Way" - "The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love." The book was published after her death and was a bestseller. She was canonised in 1925. She is the patron saint of AIDS sufferers, florists and missions.