08/22/2026
So glad to be part of this business!! We love having our booth at The Marketplace!!! Congrats and here is to many more years!
I woke up this morning completely overwhelmed with emotion. I can’t believe today. I’m celebrating 20 years in business in Stanly County. This has been an epic journey. It’s been full of a lot of grief. A lot of hard work a lot of laughter a lot of how am I going to hold on through the hardest times of my life.
But on the other side of that, I have met some of the most important people in my life to date. They changed and shaped me and continue to do so. There are many that are no longer vendors that had such an impact on our business. We miss them but know that things ebb and flow and change and everyone has to find their path. They know who they are, and they have a special place in my heart. I could not have built this business to where it is without them. 
20 years doesn’t even seem possible that I could do something for that long. If you know me at all, you know that I am adventurous, fearless, and extremely driven. Driven to the point of I’m going to be the best always. I think that drive has really brought the fruition of what the marketplace is today. I absolutely love what I do. It feels so good to get up in the morning and want to go make a difference in somebody’s life. That is really what the marketplace has been. It has given people a place to have a purpose, make a little money and create incredible friendships. That is a true success in my book.
We hope today you come and celebrate with us. I hope all of those faces of the customers and the vendors I get to see today. I hope I get to hug you and say thank you for making such a difference in my life. Please come see me. I’ll be there till two today giving away some great things.
Cheers to 20 more incredible years. 
