Honey, I'm Home!

After a week of packing up, tearing down and tossing out, it was moving day. We had to get all of the large, heavy stuff over to the Monroe Avenue location on Monday. It was hectic and hard to take pictures, but I did manage to put together a little video. This will give up an idea as to how things  went:

I do have to give Becker’s movers a big “High Five”. They were Great. Very, very fast.

 And as I watched David supervise the whole event, I was reminded of how amazing he is.   David is just the best.   He has endured the ups & DOWNS of owning a yarn shop.   He has weathered owning a retail business in this economy.   And he painted an entire shop/house while still working full time. Sure he forgets my birthday (Oh, not every year) and, well, he does hide toiletries.   Then there was that time he gave me a flannel nightgown with sheep all over it…

The truth is when you know someone for *gulp* 36 years (yes that’s true.  We met in middle school), there are a million ways they can let you down.   There are a million ways you can let each other down.  

 But this week, as we basically start our business all over again, I thought about what we sign up for when we marry.   Oh sure, we say its for better or for worse, but no one really thinks about the worse.   Worse is for other people.   Worse is not fun.   Worse makes us scared and needy.   The worst part about worse is it makes us start to think only of ourselves.   How could this happen to me.   How will I get through it.

Pinched nerves, shingles, a child with a bi-polar diagnosis, changing careers, starting a new business, cruddy economy, ten twenty extra pounds, too many bills, teenagers, really cruddy economy. These things make you long for getaway weekends, flowers, Godiva and a new dishwasher.   Then I realized today that perhaps the real present, the best gift anyone can give you is simply their presence.   Day in and day out.   Good times or bad.   They are there.   Because they said they would be.

Yup.   That’s what I thought about this week as I watched David reach for the drill and hang more slatboard.   Sometimes we see things and we realize that worse comes and goes, but the best is never far away.   It is there...Right along side of you.

Comments

[laurie]

Pam, you have a gift. I think that when you are settled you need to write a 'Chicken Soup for the Yarn Shop Owner (and her knitters). I feel kinda out of the loop but the end of a school year will do that to a person.
I've missed seeing you and can't wait to stop by the new shop.
Keep writing! It makes my day-

[Lynda Pleckan]

Ah, yes, Pam. The "worse" does make the better, BETTER! Thanks for the reminder.
You are so gifted, in so many ways. I always look forward to reading your blogs. You are a true wordsmith!
Can't wait to see the new shop!