New Year....New Additions

As a small business owner, I know we put our heart and soul into every inch of our business. Some small business owners are lucky enough just to have a business for the fun of it. Others are truly trying to better their family, whether it be paying a bill or making the choice to pay tuition for their children's education.  Whatever your reasoning may be we all have one goal....to be successful. That takes a tremendous amount of hustle, education, passion, time (lots of it) that doesn't necessarily bring in any income.  And all of the above come from...

On  my heart....Father's Day is near.  This photo has only been shared with family and close friends.  I'm sharing this photo today because it's real. You see this is the last photo of my dad, taken only a few hours before he passed.  Emotions...this photo brings them all to the surface!  So many raw emotions....it immediately takes me to the pit of my stomach pain.  Many that have lost very close loved ones have experienced this pain.  All emotion immediately drops to your stomach!  Yes, I've lost loved ones prior to my fathers death but the pain is so different. ...

May 22, 2017....our 13th wedding anniversary. A few of my favorite things from this day 13 years ago....that Terry and I were looking our best (love for food and a child change that throughout the years), that my dad was able to walk me down the aisle and sung his heart out to the perfectly chosen songs, words written by my grandma that told nothing but the truth and what I thought at the time topped it all...the honeymoon.  Don't get me wrong it was fantastic and we have many memories from that week, but as we grow older those...

March 19th.....it's a few days upon us.  It's a day to celebrate the life of our daddy.  Boy, how he enjoyed  life (most of the time...living in a house with 5 girls I'm pretty certain there were a few rough days in his life).  But I know without a doubt he always loved us. But back to the 19th..it brings smiles but honestly brings the pit of the stomach pain as well.  I try my best to push pass that pain and think of all dads favorite things. Because who doesn't love their favorites on their birthday.  And dad was...

2017....it's here...we are almost to the end of January!  So we all knew I was ready for a fresh start in 2017!  When I think of a fresh start I not only think of business goals but personal goals.  How can I make myself a better person!?!?!? In today's life/world there is a LOT of UGLY!  The attitudes, the negative, rudeness, just ugliness (i guess that's a word)!  God made us all different! (and I thank him for that).  We are always going to have others that we disagree with, but that is no reason to bring out the UGLY!...