THE 2021 Blog

• September 07, 2021 Why we support The Herren Project
  

  August 31st was overdose awareness day in America. In 2020 alone, there were 93,000 drug overdose deaths in the US. That is 254 lives per day lost. More than 10 each hour of each day, all year long. 
• July 26, 2021 the atlanta high
  

  It's been about a week since our plane touched down in Providence, our return flight from our very first live—post covid, gift show. And not just any show, the Atlanta Market. Lucky for me ( the socially anxious type) I had no idea how big this show was, or what we had actually signed up for. It's hard to image if you've never experienced it before. But to give a little idea, three buildings filled to the gills with showroom after showroom with brands huge, to brands small.
• June 18, 2021 grief. 2 years later
  

  Today I'm re-sharing a blog post I wrote exactly two years ago. Then, it was 15 years since my brother died, now it's 17. That's a LONG time. And in so many ways, the past is so far past, you'd think it would all be behind you. Not actually the case. I was driving home from work today, and this analogy of grief came to me:
• May 27, 2021 all in the family
  

  Running a small business is no joke. Running and growing a small business while raising 3 kids, during a pandemic, with another job to boot, well that sounds a little bit crazy.