11/11/2021
Hi all! It has been too incredibly long since I have posted and I just wanted to give some updates to you all.
I have had one crazy year that has come with a lot of changes. Some good, some for the better, but all have taken a toll on me and my family.
As of May, I had basically shut down production and cancelled all shows. My grandma passed away and it tore my family up. This was just a few days after my husband birthday, my birthday, and the week we got confirmation of baby #3.
Pregnancy has taken so much out of me this time around and I would definitely say it's been the hardest one emotionally and physically. I am pretty darn crunchy and natural minded but I needed to reach out for some help and start medication to help with my growing depression and anxiety. These meds made me sleep 18-20 hours each day for weeks before I realized what was going on. That was basically my entire summer.
In August, we decided to close the store since we were no longer able to hold steady store hours. The hope is/ was to go to online sales for the time being.
The last week of September we moved to a new location to merge spaces for production of Gentle Lilies products and our other business of selling pallet items.
In October we were getting ourselves set up with a new schedule, new space, etc. Deciding when I would go back to making products as I was finally feeling better and getting energy back. And then we lost my uncle and the feeling of loss in our family is back again.
I also was made power of attorney for three different family members, all of whom have been in the hospital a few times this summer, one was permanently moved to a nursing facility, one is struggling mentally every day, and one is in and out of the hospital in poor health. My family is so small, it's hard to see everyone I love in such a bad way. I am responsible for way too many humans right now 😅
First week of November we started packing up once again to move after being pushed out of our lease after only a month.
So here we are once again, scrambling to figure out what our plans are.
I know I won't be doing any shows for a while. My anxiety just isn't there yet and I currently don't
