THE 2021 Blog

• 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.

  When Nicole and I decided we wanted to start a "little card company" a few years back, I truly had no idea what I was jumping into. Designing pretty things... fun, easy! Manufacturing them, marketing them, trying to create social media, learning new software... HARD, and overwhelming. We started slow and small, growing modestly until all of sudden, we were a real business with things like inventory, reports, sales reps, office space and breaking down boxes and taking out the trash. You name it—Nicole and I do it.

• May 20, 2021 A personal post about the month of May.
  

  May is National Mental Health Awareness month and it wasn’t so long ago when those words would have gone unnoticed by me. I was honestly more likely to notice National Ice Cream month.
• April 14, 2021 Nik's top 5 - April 2021
  

  The sun is shining here today and hope you get the change to have some sunshine on your face today too. The below is the next issue of the 5 things taking up space in my brain.  

  Enjoy!