Virginia Found Goods

10/19/2026

I received the HUGEST God wink today.
My daughter Blair came down to visit for our market this weekend. This morning, the two of us went to The Colonial for breakfast. They were slammed and there is very little space to wait. Blair and I were against the wall and there was a sweet couple around my age standing right across from us. The guy was handsome but didn’t look like Marc at all, yet looking at him made me think of Marc. When Blair and I were seated, I told Blair seeing the man made me really miss her Dad. I told her when we would come and it was crowded, I would sink into Marc with all my weight. It made me realize how much I missed his strong, sweet touch. I jokingly said to Blair that I wondered if the guy would mind if I gave him a hug. Blair said he might not but his wife probably would. 😂 About an hour after we left, we had just opened the store and I was standing behind the counter. I looked up and it was the man!! He pointed to my White Barn Vintage shirt and said thanks for wearing that shirt, we looked it up and wanted to stop on our way home to SC. Once I collected myself, I told him he was going to think I was a whack job but I had to tell him something. I came around the counter and told him and his wife about the conversation I had at The Colonial with Blair. His wife told me to give him a big hug and she would take our picture. Blair was driving back home to PA and I sent her the picture. She replied with WAIT!! Is that the guy from The Colonial this morning!!!??? I told her it was and he was at White Barn to deliver Marc’s hug to me. ❤️

10/14/2026

Okay, here it is. The whopper of all whoppers in our lives.
I just finished watching an episode of The Good Wife.
I highly recommend it if you’re looking for a good binge watch. One of the lawyers was wrongly prosecuted. They found exculpatory evidence that was buried so the judge apologized to the lawyer for the wrongful prosecution. That’s not real life, I know and found out the hard way.
When I met Marc in high school, I knew he was the bad boy type. I didn’t care, I was in love. It turns out he really wasn’t a bad boy. He was a very good boy that went through a lot. A federal lawsuit was by far the hardest thing our family went through. You know the saying “don’t make a federal case out of it.”
It’s because a federal case is torture. I know because on Marc’s 40 birthday, he received a target letter from the feds. We did not know what to make of it but we would soon find out it was going to be a four year nightmare. Part of what makes the government impossible to fight is the fact they have all the cards and play dirty. They turn people against each other, have endless funds and resources. Their conviction rate is in the high 90 percent range. It was a long, very expensive fight. Marc was able to hang onto his job while under indictment. When I think about what they put him through, my heart breaks all over again. It was a terrible time for our family. After years of this legal battle, Marc and three other executives from the biotech company went to trial. The trial lasted three weeks. My children and I sat by his side throughout the whole thing. When the jury reached their verdict we filed into the court to find out all of our fate. NOT GUILTY. Do you know how hard it is to beat the government? Really hard and really innocent. It changed the lives of all four of us. The effects stayed long after the verdict was read. We lost an extraordinary amount of peace, money and time. And they never even said they were sorry. Losing Marc has been the biggest loss of my life. Fighting the government was the hardest time in our lives. Marc was a warrior to the end. ❤️

10/09/2026

Some shots around Virginia Found Goods with more to come!! The coolest part of this cabinet, is the mirror slides over for a pass through.

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10/09/2026

Here is a little snap shot of what we are working on at Virginia Found Goods. ❤️

10/09/2026

Isn’t she pretty? All sparkly and all?? She is on her way to Virginia Found Goods. We are working so hard at VFG and VFG deserves to be chandelerious too. The plan is to get her all lit up this weekend. Hope it goes well 🫣she is enormous.

10/08/2026

Our October market is shaping up to be chock full of treats. Our sweet vendor Felicia is holding a “mini event” on Saturday during our market. Our vendors are preparing for this by offering all kinds of vintage vessels for you to choose for your candle. You choose from a menu of scents. Candles make the best gifts but here is even a better idea. TREAT yourself. After a full day of shopping, go home, light your candle put your feet up and enjoy. That’s what I am going to do 🎃

10/07/2026

I should be taking pictures during this epic Virginia Found Goods overhaul but ITS TOO SCARY!! I am not talking getting ready for Halloween scary, I mean there is stuff EVERYWHERE!! Oh my gosh. Think about this, have you ever cleaned out your closet? It looks like the house exploded. Well, this is 100 closets at once 😳A shop is never really “done”. It’s always a work in progress but oh my gosh, there is so much. I have “rehomed” an awful lot of stuff and it feels so good! CJ nicknamed me “the hatchet” 🪓 hahaha Now there is room for all the good stuff. I have a real beauty coming in. You’ll have to come see us.

10/05/2026

I waited for this day for a long time. It was February 14, Valentine’s Day, 1987 but I have to back up first. I wanted Marc to tell his parents that we were married. We eloped sophomore year, 1983 in college. Marc was totally against it. I don’t blame him, his parents lost their minds over far less. In January, 1987 I told Marc we couldn’t be together. His family was too much. When his parents found out we broke up, they furnished his apartment and dumped the furniture my mother gave him on her front lawn. After a week of no contact, Marc called me and said he did not want to live without me and we would tell his parents we were married. I moved into his apartment. We sat down and wrote a letter to them. I watched Marc drop it in the mailbox. Days go by and there was NO word from them. I kept asking if he’d heard from them and he kept telling me he hadn’t. I was stumped. FF to Valentines Day. I was excited to spend the day with Marc. Before we left, I had to mail a letter and looked for a stamp under the blotter on his desk. What I found was the letter that was supposed to be sent to his parents. Marc took the letter from the envelope and mailed an empty envelope. I FREAKED OUT. We had a terrible fight and I left. I drove around for a while and ended up back at the apartment. Marc was out trying to find me so I was alone. There was a loud banging on the door. I looked through the peep hole and it was his parents and brother. My car was parked next to theirs so they knew I was there. They repeatedly banged on the windows and door. I was scared and called my Dad. He told me to call the police, so I did. Shortly, there was a squad car with the canine unit at the apartment. I watched thru the window as they approached Marc’s parents. She was laughing as they questioned her. When the officer came to talk to me, he told me they said they had no idea who I was. I told him they knew me but what they didn’t know was we were married. Marc came running in and the cop told him he had to tell his parents. Marc said he would if he went with him. Suffice it to say, it did not go well. Our relationship only got worse over the years. They only died a couple years before Marc.