12/29/2024
🍾🎉 And the time for 2024 self-reflection begins…🎉🍾
First off, Tony, I, and our team at Heirloom want to say THANK YOU for your endless support, friendship, and love for all things Heirloom in 2024. Against the backdrop of a challenging last 6 months for the restaurant and food business, we are SO PROUD AND HUMBLED to say we had our best year ever! Heirloom continues to grow, evolve, and create, and it still feels like we’re just getting started. Through endless hard work, some tears, always a little blood (we work with knives, y’all 😆), a lot of laughter, hugs, and even delirium during the holidays, we exceeded all of the goals we set out for the year. 2025 is already shaping up to be a banner year, too, with your special events, and as our at Millwork continues to grow and thrive.
As always, though, the world has a way to create balance. This year, our team became so strong that Tony and I were able to attend more holiday parties. I had many conversations about how what we do always looks so glamorous. And that’s the point of social media! We strive to create a dream world for your events, the days you’ll cherish for the rest of your lives.
But that isn’t reality. The tragic passing of our Sous Chef Chloe in June still haunts many of us and we’ve continued to support each other as we grieve. We miss her so much and she’ll always be with us. When I’m having a low moment, I think of her and it gets me back on track.
More recently, my beautiful, intelligent, and endlessly kind mother has been recovering from cancer surgery. She has always set the example for me and now I am so grateful that I can take care of her as she heals. Please send Debbie your kind works and thoughts!
So, I guess I’m trying to say, I personally and Heirloom, too, really grew up in 2024! 😂 And I am thankful for it. We will be carrying a new level of maturity with us as we continue to grow in 2025. We have some very exciting projects in the hopper and expect more big things from our team. And hug your loved ones tighter, forgive more quickly, slow down, make eye contact, laugh louder, put on the sequins, and dance more…💛Shelley