08/01/2022
This is a long one - but I felt the need to share something personal. There are weeks, sometimes months and if I’m being honest sometimes many months that I often wonder what my purpose actually is. It’s a regular battle with myself to figure out exactly what I am meant to be doing. Gather and Grace came out of me reaching for air during a time of uncertainty in the world and I still don’t know what it is going to become. Imposter syndrome, it’s strong over here.
So when I take weddings it’s normally through word-of-mouth, it’s a friend or family member or a friend of a friend of a friend. A wedding this past October was a friends sister that quickly became my friend as well - all the best clients do.
This letter came to me on a morning when I just didn’t feel like I was enough. I had just finished an all out battle of getting the kids ready for school and well it was just a bad morning. As we rushed out the door I happen to notice a package sitting on my husbands workbench, I’m not sure exactly how long this was sitting there but I have a feeling there was a reason it got lost in our daily shuffle.
Needless to say once I realized who it was from I opened it immediately and then proceeded to cry my eyes out in front of my children. My little girl insisted on reading the letter and then both of my kids told me how proud they were of ME. They said that this letter was so nice and that I must have been really helpful to get a special recipe 🤣. My day was me constantly thinking back to this note, and thinking this is why I do what I do. This right here is it.
There were a few things I was reminded of in getting this letter. 1) Handwritten notes! 2) Why I do what I do 3) It’s ok to let your kids be proud of you and celebrate with you. I hate hearing those words but coming from those two, wow it sits different.
Thanks for reading this - if you finished you are pretty great! ❤️ 📸: