Work work work…

Work work work… it’s a large part of my every day.

Yes, every day. One ‘could’ say I’m a bit of a work-a-holic, but I don’t think that’s really it.

I just REALLY love my job.

Truly, I do! If I take a day off, often I’ll be left feeling like I missed something that day.

I love everything about this business.

I love that it’s mine, and ours, the family’s, but there’s no denying it’s mostly mine.

I love playing with fabrics.

I love dyeing beautiful colors.

I love sewing.

I love meeting new customers and chatting with long time customers.

I love helping them figure out what will work best for them.

I love designing new products and continually working to make current products even better.

I love the look on people’s faces when they ask what I do, and then I tell them.

I love it when people say things like, “You can never make a decent living sewing.”

I love trying to hold back a snicker when I hear such things as I just smile. We may not be rich (financially no, but we ARE rich in life). However, this business does well, and I’m proud of it.

I love that this business allows us to live the lifestyle we desire. For me to be at home, raising our children.

To homeschool them and be here to watch them grow up. Even as teenagers.

I love to have them working with me, alongside me, learning, and growing all the while.

I love THEIR excitement about the business.

At the end of every.single.day. I love the feeling of a job well done.

And knowing that ‘we’ did that. We made it happen.

This house. This little homestead. This Homestead Emporium.

But most of all, this HOME. Not the place, the property, or the buildings.

But HOME. Where the heart is.

Knowing that it’s been an awful lot of hard work, but it’s been worth it.

ALL of it.