I cannot believe that it has been one year since I first got the notion stuck in my head that maybe I should open a storefront.  Maybe it was my gut, maybe my heart, wanting more, wanting different.  Somehow the idea of opening a store seemed a grand idea.  And when that idea gets going, it just keeps going until it is satisfied.  Here I am sitting in the shop, looking around me, and you know, it feels like home.  It feels natural.  It feels like it is just another part of life.

I always said I never wanted my own shop.  I was adamant (kind of like I am with a lot of things).  Lesson learned.  The thing I am adamantly opposed to just might be the thing that happens.  With time, comes change.  Circumstances change.  I change.  And what seemed like an absolute unimaginable thing, becomes imaginable.  I realized that what I loved and what I wanted had changed.  When I first started Addiah, I wanted a business that would enable me to travel, spend time with my family, and have a flexible schedule.  I still want to travel and spend time with my family.  But I also want to connect with people.  Really connect.

So, thanks to all of you who have supported me in this new venture.  Here’s to dreaming and doing.