It’s been some time since I wrote a blog. On June 1, 2022, I opened a coffee shop with my business partner. On June 2, 2022, I found out we were pregnant. In a few weeks, I resigned from my day job to focus on freelance work – branding and marketing. It sure has been…
We bought the building that will be Story Coffee House in the fall of 2020. It needed some love, but we had a vision for what it COULD be. So much progress has been made since we made that purchase. I entertained the idea of blogging about the process – outlining the steps, discussing our…
I feel little to no motivation. I’m not sure if this is a result of juggling – my day job, freelance work, my husband opening a business, inching closer to opening my own business, extra-curricular committees, and still trying to have a social life – or the winter weather. My guess is it’s probably a…
Here I am again, reminded of this blog and how little attention I’ve given it in the past year(s). I received an email letting me know my domain registration would automatically renew. I knew I would let it. There are too many memories stored here to let it go. But it also got me thinking…
The last post I wrote, a couple weeks ago, was titled “Pressure.” I had begun to feel a slight pressure on my chest, like a weight was sitting on it. I believe this was/is a result of trying to do too much. Just as I was wondering what I should do about it, I became…
When I was in college, towards the end there especially, I was juggling a lot: a student athlete, a TV show for the campus TV station, working a part-time job. One day I woke up and felt like my chest was a bit constricted. It wasn’t an intense feeling, but it was an ever-present one.…
I intend to make a Part 2 for this post in a year or two – someone remind me. About a year ago we moved into our current home. The Brick House is an old one, restored in such a way that it both retains its character and yet holds a modern flair. This is…
I met Jackson at a marketing meeting while interning for Gearhead Outfitters. He was fresh off the Appalachian Trail and I was a college student soaking up my time working with an outdoor company. We set a time to meet out at Craighead Forest so I could shoot a video of him for an event…
Though the past year has been full of personal successes, it has felt quite heavy. Heavy with the weight of emotion. I have been unable to put words down often and yet they churn inside of me constantly. My opinions and my feelings are constantly boiling and when they come out through my voice they…
I’ve got to get back to writing for myself. I wrote these words on a small notepad recently after the thought ran itself through my mind at least a dozen times. In the past year, writing has become my day job. I love it – managing content for a community magazine and telling stories of…
