What’s the saying about hitting rock bottom? The only way to go is up!
After hitting rock bottom in my life, the only way for me to go was in the direction of my dream ~ the dream of owning my own new age shop.
I had seen the “For Rent” sign outside of 66 W. Water Street one day while I was sitting in traffic. A few days later, I pulled into the parking lot, wrote down the number, and called. The man who answered told me that someone else was at the borough filling out paperwork for the space, but if that fell through, then I was next on the list. I accepted that if I was supposed to have it, then I would. If not, I’d look somewhere else.
On October 27, 2015, we buried my Mom’s ashes - on her birthday - and as I was leaving the cemetery, he called. “The deal with the other people fell through - it’s yours if you want it.” I wanted it. It was mine!
I had planned to open the store on December 1st, because I’d been given a month to get the empty space ready. Then it hit me - Black Friday was the biggest shopping day of the year, so the deadline was moved back by a week, which now gave me 3 weeks!