It's Been A While
It’s been a while since I’ve shared much from my heart about this business.
It’s been 5 years in the making.
I’ve had incredible seasons of growth, opportunity, and leaning in. I have had difficult times were I failed deeply and didn’t want to try again.
This year has been both seasons, all in one, all together.
Maybe business and personal shouldn’t mix; but I’m a one woman show these days and you guys feel to be my co-workers.
“This is basically a business meeting,” I tell myself.
So how HAS it been?
Trying. Overwhelming. Validating. Blissful.
This year, Wearing Hope’s bench moved once again (and hopefully for good) to California. Being in a state that really feels like home has honestly picked my soul back up. For a few years I was in a place that didn’t ever feel like a home to me, and it weighed me down.
Looking back, I have so much more perspective on my time in Nashville, and while it will always be a feeling of good and uncomfortable, I am so happy to be back on the West Coast.
Wearing Hope is too.
The clients I have gotten to work with this year have filled my cup back up.
Looking at a completed engagement ring feels like the morning sun; it warms me to my core knowing I got to work with you guys on something so special.
For those who may not know, I also had the privilege of marrying the best man I’ll ever known last year (I got to make our wedding bands too!) and Wearing Hope has been such a source of comfort for us both. We can truly count on you (our perfect clients) to show up for us again, and again.
Josiah, my husband, and I are also both self-employed (nearly) full-time. The faith God has grown in us to trust He will provide in us is something I am filled with thanks to have learned so early in life. (Though we are sooo far from being perfect in this! Obviously, lol.)
We have found new friends here, get to see family more than we thought would be possible, and have just seen the Father care for us every step of the way.
Our day to day looks like working (which embodies many things), seeing new friends, church, hiking, reading, gardening, walks to the library, finding on new favorite local spots, biking, and really doing everything we can to be outside.
Being outside as much as we have been able to this year has genuinely changed our life; the climate here is perfect and the sun is nearly always there, inviting us outside.
Moving comes with challenges of course. We’re fully rebuilding our community here. After having such a beautiful little community in Nashville (miss you guys), it is had to not compare the friendships we had there with today, but we know friendship and relationships take time. Luckily, we are here for the long haul, so we have nothing but time on side. And the older you get, the more you learn; quality over quantity. ;)
Anyways, this is basically a thank you letter to all of you souls out there who have shared a bit of this space with me over the years.
I can’t quite believe it has been 5 years of Wearing Hope; but I am grateful and don’t see this ending any time soon.
When I picture my future days, I picture my sweet family around me, and me, still sitting at my bench, listening to the same quiet indie music, making jewelry for you.