Madonna Badger: 'What saves us all is love'

  • Madonna Badger poses for a photo on the front porch of P. Allen Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Badger has spent much of the last year living in Arkansas, first with her friend Kate Askew, and now in a rented home. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger poses for a photo on the front porch of P. Allen Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Badger has spent much of the last year living in Arkansas, first with her friend Kate Askew, and now in a rented home. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger poses for a photo on the front porch of P. Allen...

  • Madonna Badger says hello to "Moose," a mule on P. Allen Smith's farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Badger has spent much of the last year living in Arkansas, first with her friend Kate Askew, and now in a rented home. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger says hello to "Moose," a mule on P. Allen Smith's farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Badger has spent much of the last year living in Arkansas, first with her friend Kate Askew, and now in a rented home. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger says hello to "Moose," a mule on P. Allen Smith's...

  • Madonna Badger walks with P. Allen Smith on his farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger walks with P. Allen Smith on his farm in Little...

  • Madonna Badger walks on P. Allen Smith's farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. From left are Smith, Badger, and J. Harrison Kemp. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger walks on P. Allen Smith's farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. From left are Smith, Badger, and J. Harrison Kemp. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger walks on P. Allen Smith's farm in Little Rock,...

  • Madonna Badger, left, and her friend Kate Askew, right, talk in Askew's print shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger has been living in Little Rock since she moved in with Askew following last year's Christmas Day fire in Badger's Shippan home which killed her three daughters and parents. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger, left, and her friend Kate Askew, right, talk in Askew's print shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger has been living in Little Rock since she moved in with Askew following last year's Christmas Day fire in Badger's Shippan home which killed her three daughters and parents. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger, left, and her friend Kate Askew, right, talk in...

  • Sitting in her friend's print shop in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012, Madonna Badger talks about her life after a fire in her Shippan home claimed the lives of her three children and her parents on Christmas day, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Sitting in her friend's print shop in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012, Madonna Badger talks about her life after a fire in her Shippan home claimed the lives of her three children and her parents on Christmas day, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Sitting in her friend's print shop in Little Rock, Arkansas, on...

  • Blocks for the press sit in a case in Kate Askew's print shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Blocks for the press sit in a case in Kate Askew's print shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Blocks for the press sit in a case in Kate Askew's print shop,...

  • Posters made by Madonna Badger and Kate Askew sit to dry in Askew's print shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. The posters read, "Love is the answer. What is the question?" Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Posters made by Madonna Badger and Kate Askew sit to dry in Askew's print shop, Yella Dog! Press, i! n Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. The posters read, "Love is the answer. What is the question?" Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Posters made by Madonna Badger and Kate Askew sit to dry in Askew's...

  • Madonna Badger and Kate Askew make a print on a press in Askew's shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger and Kate Askew make a print on a press in Askew's shop, Yella Dog Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger and Kate Askew make a print on a press in Askew's...

  • Madonna Badger listens to Kate Askew at Yella Dog Press in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger listens to Kate Askew at Yella Dog Press in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger listens to Kate Askew at Yella Dog Press in Little...

  • Sitting at the Psychiatric Research In!   stitute i!   n Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012, Madonna Badger talks about her life after a fire in her Shippan home claimed the lives of her three children and her parents on Christmas day, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Sitting at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012, Madonna Badger talks about her life after a fire in her Shippan home claimed the lives of her three children and her parents on Christmas day, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Sitting at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Little Rock,...

  • Madonna Badger helps prepare dinner with friends at P. Allen Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger helps prepare dinner with friends at P. Allen Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger helps prepare dinner with friends at P. Allen...

  • The home Madonna Badger rents in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    The home Madonna Badger rents in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    The home Madonna Badger rents in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday,...

  • Madonna Badger stands with P. Allen Smith, center, and Kate Askew, right, as they have dinner in Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger stands with P. Allen Smith, center, and Kate Askew, right, as they have dinner in Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger stands with P. Allen Smith, center, and Kate Askew,...

  • Madonna Badger, left, talks with Kate Askew, center, and Jess Askew, right, on Sunday, December 2, 2012, as they reminice about Badger's time living in Little Rock, Arkansas. Badger moved in with the Askew family after her three daughters and parents w!   ere kille!   d in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger, left, talks with Kate Askew, center, and Jess Askew, right, on Sunday, December 2, 2012, as they reminice about Badger's time living in Little Rock, Arkansas. Badger moved in with the Askew family after her three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger, left, talks with Kate Askew, center, and Jess...

  • Madonna Badger and P. Allen Smith laugh during dinner in Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger and P. Allen Smith laugh during dinner in Smith's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger and P. Allen Smith laugh during dinner in Smith's...

  • Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house she is renting in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house she is renting in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house...

  • Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house she is renting in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house she is renting in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 2, 2012. Badger's three daughters and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire in her Shippan home last year. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger talks with friends in the living room of the house...

  • An Emily Dickinson poem given to Madonna Badger by a friend is read during a gathering of Badger's friends in her Little Rock, Arkansas, home on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    An Emily Dickinson poem given to Madonna Badger by a friend is read...

  • Madonna Badger sits with her friend, Alice Robb, in Badger's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger sits with her friend, Alice Robb, in Badger's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger sits with her friend, Alice Robb, in Badger's home...

  • Madonna Badger drives through Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger moved to Little Rock to live with her friend Kate Askew after Badger's parents and three daughters died in a fire in her Shippan home on Christmas morning, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    Madonna Badger drives through Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Badger moved to Little Rock to live with her friend Kate Askew after Badger's parents and three daughters died in a fire in her Shippan home on Christmas morning, 2011. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    Madonna Badger drives through Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday,...

  • A poster made in Kate Askew's print shop sits on a table in Madonna Badger's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate
    A poster made in Kate Askew's print shop sits on a table in Madonna Badger's home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo

    A poster made in Kate Askew's print shop sits on a table in Madonna...