Seems like 2019 is stacking up to be a page turner. First big page turned was me leaving teaching and now the closing of Doc Holliday’s. Today is the last day of business for Doc’s. I haven’t said much about this because to be honest it hurts. I loved this little store and all it gave to me. The friendships are abundant from the past 4 years. Yes I started my Blue Happy Journey at Doc’s 4 years ago this month. I remember walking in and thinking there is no way this lady is gonna rent me a booth, my stuff isn’t good enough. Sheri took a chance on me and gave me a platform to jump from. Oh and jump I have done. My favorite memory with Sheri was sliding down a big hay slide at Maz Days in Murphy. We both had tail bone issues for weeks. It was still so worth it. I joked with Randy at every turn and I pretty sure he still owes me a taco lunch. They have been awesome owners to work with and I will miss seeing them often.
Many managers have come and gone but today’s Manager is just tops. Charla is a personality that everyone needs in their life. On my very worse days I find myself driving to Doc’s just to get a dose of her happiness. If she is having a bad day she worries about you first. She can always tell when I’m down even when I tried to hide it. My favorite memory with Charla is to funny. One day I had finally noticed after lots of abs I had a hard spot on my stomach wall. I said, feel this I have a hard spot. She felt and quickly put her elbow in my face and said feel my hard spot. We both laughed and giggled for at least a half hour. Still to this day to make me smile she puts that elbow up and says “feel my hard spot”. I’m sure if a customer unknowing of our relationship heard that would think these gals have lost it, maybe we have. I love this women and there is no way I’m letting her go. Plans are in place to meet up often.
Love and Rust (Caryn and Linda) will always be in my wheel house of friends. We all started around the same time. When I met her and her mom I thought “where in the world do these people find all these dishes. Then I walked into her booth and fell in love with white dishes. I can’t get enough of her, her momma and white dishes sprinkled with blue here and there. A friendship that will last forever and a love for vintage dishes I know nothing about other than they are beautiful.
So many Veronica, Terry, Vicky, Kelly, Suzan, Isabel, Mrs Billie and the list goes on and on. I don’t have enough blog space to tell every story and give every name. It’s memories and moments that are forever burned into my heart and head. Just today I had a very special moment with Vickie in the store. She will always be my frilly girlie friend. I plan on keeping in touch with her and her business Perfectly Imperfect. Soon I will be redecorating my grand daughters room and it will call for some Perfect Imperfect treasures. So when you read this Vickie keep pink, girlie and ballerina in mind.
Life is full of turns and closed down roads. Some of those roads close without your heart willing. This is one of those road closures that I’m abundantly sad over. I will miss this little store, the people and the consistent place in my business. I believe you need to learn from these moments and always see the lesson. I reflect over the ending of this 4 years and what it was filled with. I learned to trust people, something I’m not really good at. I welcomed help from those that had walked in this business way longer than me. Again, asking for help and excepting it isn’t my strong point. Most of all I have had growth personally, in my business and growth within friendship. It’s 5:02 and in less than an hour Doc’s will close it’s door. Yes, tonight I’m a little somber and a bit reflective. There are some many moments we can all look back on and realize that if that didn’t happen this wouldn’t have happened. That is where I’m going to leave this. Doc’s was and will always be the beginning of the Blue Happy Retail business. Thank you to all my customers at Doc Holliday’s Emporium.
This is the cover photo on my phone. I’m posting this here because this photo represents so much what this blog is about. Tonight the feelings are uneasy about what is next. I know my Blue Happy business has a path but this seems like such a gut punch. The day my daughter took this photo was just days before I started by 3 years of skin removal surgeries, a total of 4 surgeries. I knew what I wanted. I had it all lined up with a great doctor and a plan of action, but I was so uneasy about it and all the what if’s. Now 3 years later this photo seems so simple when at the time it was turmoil. Time and prayer was all that I could do to follow what I knew was for the best. We can’t always see what is ahead nor can we plan away any bad things happening. Life is what it is, we can only take each day at a time.
