09/07/2026
A little update on pawpaw for my ✨spark✨ fam.
About 2 months ago, I shared a little about what was going on with my Pawpaw, and because so many of you have continued to check on him, pray for him, and ask about our family, I wanted to give y’all an update on where we are now.
He is officially under hospice care. Those are hard words to type. This is a shock as we took him for a fall yesterday and left with this.
Only God knows the exact day and time He will call Pawpaw home. Our focus now is keeping him comfortable, loving him well, and being present for whatever time God allows us to have.
The last couple of months, Pawpaw has been living with my parents, and I have been very intentional with that time. I’ve sat with him. Helped care for him. Loved on him. Talked to him. Been there for the good days and the really hard ones. I know there will never be a point where I feel like I had “enough” time with him, but I also know I have tried my very best to love him well through this.
Now I’m trying to honor him in both ways; by being there when I need to be, and by continuing to live and do what he would want me to do when I can.
All this being said, you may still see me working. You may see me behind my table sparking, laughing with customers, or posting here like normal. And then you may see everything stop at a moment’s notice.
Both can be true.
If you see me working, please know it isn’t because this isn’t consuming my heart. It’s because I know my Pawpaw, and I know he wouldn’t want me sitting around waiting for the inevitable. He would want me doing something I love.
And my customers are a part of that.
I don’t know if my customers realize how much you have been medicine for me through some of the hardest seasons of my life. There are days I show up thinking I’m there to bring you joy, and somehow I leave realizing God used you to bring joy right back to me. The conversations, the laughter, the hugs, the prayers, the stories shared across my table… sometimes getting out and spreading a few ✨sparks✨ is exactly what my heart needs.
In the days ahead, I honestly don’t know what my schedule looks like. I’m going to take it hour by hour and day by day. I will continue to post updates here on Facebook and in my stories in the hours and days ahead, especially regarding upcoming events. Please check here before making plans to come see me, because things may change very quickly.
And if they do, thank you in advance for giving me grace.
Actually… thank you for all the grace you’ve already given me.
Thank you for asking about Pawpaw. Thank you for praying when I’ve asked you to pray. Thank you for letting me share pieces of my life alongside this business. And thank you for showing up at my table and allowing me to have something that brings so much light into my life when other parts of it feel really heavy.
The Sparking Hour has never been a job to me, and y’all have never felt like “just customers.”
Right now, I’m a granddaughter trying to love her Pawpaw through one of the hardest parts of life while also trying to honor the man I know would tell me to keep going.
So that’s what I’m going to do.
Love him. Be there. Keep going when I can. Drop everything when I need to. And trust God with the part I cannot control.
Please keep my sweet Pawpaw, my parents, my aunt, and our family in your prayers as we walk through what comes next. Please send extra prayers for strength as we travel this road with Maddux. We don’t know the day or the hour, but we know Who does and we know whose hands Pawpaw is in. 🤍
