10/26/2026
This hobby & business was never something I imagined for myself. I had just left my per diem job because working from home and having two under 3 was woah. And within a week, we ordered a small bounce house for personal parties & friends to “rent”…..and a business was born.
I hated balloons and wanted nothing to do with them, but with enough peer pressure I caved & ordered some Kalisan….and here I am now, a self taught balloon babe with 75k followers🤯
I poured myself into my new hobby— and let’s be honest, the money was AMAZING. Like what? I can charge how much for balloons and bounce houses?! And I can try to become an influencer? Sweet!
And it was amazing for a couple years! One graduation season I had 30 orders in ten days🤯🥹🫶🏼 I had a six figure year. My account finally qualified to offer a subscription for my followers & I was starting to mentor other women!
But suddenly I couldn’t power through 2 hours of sleep any more. I couldn’t keep up. I was forgetting everything. I was sinking in to do lists and kicking myself for not managing life better. I wasn’t home with my babies as much or buried on my phone & work tasks when I was. Not only did losing weight feel impossible, I started gaining. I was inflamed, puffy, foggy and it SUCKED.
Stress demolished me, I couldn’t bust through it like I used to. My joints ached. I started getting migraines and had excruciating ovulation pain. Turns out I had endometriosis and since we knew we were done having kids, I had a radical hysterectomy.
But I didn’t bounce back like everyone else. I wasn’t finding that relief like others experienced. HRT was complex and trial & error. My joints ached horrifically.
You know what never left me? The ideas. The creativity. The ambition.
I HAD to shift gears, I had to triage what tasks I could manage along with being mom & wife. And after finding the right healthcare team, I learned how much I was neglecting self care.
My business doesn’t look like what it used to and I’ve learned to be very very okay with that. You know why? Because my business isn’t the brand, I AM THE BRAND. Me, my passions, my story✨
BE YOU❤�
