01/20/2026
I felt like I needed to write this out and get it posted while having that post-prayer boldness flowing.🤪
If I can be super vulnerable for a moment, I don't really care about having a thriving business.🥴 I’m content doing online selling when my entrepreneurial brain needs that outlet.
Where my discontentment, you might say, lies is in not having a community. The past few years have been a lonely walk for me. Not many can relate to what it's like to be the caretaker of your adult disabled child, raising multiple children of trauma and your life revolving around caseworkers…appointments…therapies…school meetings…or late night phone calls because a runaway needs a place to lay her head that isn't a government office all while also having busy teen athletes who will be leaving home soon.
That's not light coffee talk, but it is the life God called us to. And yes, of course, I’m exhausted and running on fumes. I feel like taking a nap writing that out, and it just scratches the surface of my life.😂
Anyway, it's been hard to remember, amid all the caretaking and responsibilities that are often way too much to carry, that I’m still a person and I need people, too.
So maybe I can't set daily bookshop hours, but I can do pop-up events just because I want to see your faces. And I also have a beautiful space for events, tea parties, book clubs, Bible studies, or writing clubs. And I don't have to lead all of those things. I would love the opportunity to be part of them.💕
So if you see one of my events with drinks, food, or books, it's not because I’m here to compete with any other business. I actually really love our local businesses. It’s just an exhausted mom who wants to remember what it's like to have a tribe and maybe even have fun occasionally.🤷♀️🤍
If you’ve made it this far and see yourself in it, know I’m dreaming up fun & creative events, not just because I need community, but for those of you who need it too.🥰