12/31/2017
Today is a bittersweet day. Today is the day that I close the physical doors of The Silver Starfish, my real-life, actual dream that came true. Today I say goodbye to many years of designing, creating, gluing, cutting, printing, and so.much.paper! But then again, today I’m really just saying goodbye to the 4 (very very old) walls inside a pink building that happened to serve as our shop’s home for the past 5 sun-filled years. I AM totally saying goodbye to paying overpriced King Street rent. But I’m not saying goodbye to designing, I’m not saying goodbye to creating, I’m not even saying goodbye to paper. I’m just saying hello to a new season of life in which two tiny humans are the new center of my world. And honestly, that makes my heart happy, and isn’t that the point of this one beautiful, fleeting life that we get to live?
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Those of y’all that don’t have children will think, that’s crazy and stupid. Why would she close a perfectly functional and successful shop just to change diapers and wipe away snot for a living? The decision was easier than you would think. These 2 precious kiddos will never, ever stop growing up, but my unique profession and shop will always be waiting for me with open arms.
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And those of you that do have kids, specifically 2 under the age of 3, you totally get it. ✊🏼 I never expected to love something, well 2 somethings, so much that it would make me question if I could literally do it all each day. Spoiler alert, I can’t. I believe this title of “Mama” is the reason why God created me, and I’m 100% OK with that.
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So what does this all mean going forward? It simply means that we will continue fulfilling orders already in progress, but will stop taking any new orders for the time being. We will shift from a brick and mortar shop, to an online and email only shop. We will adapt to this new Amazon Prime, Instacart, and Bitcoin filled world. A thousand thanks for all of the great memories and of course supporting our small business! Cheers to 2018 and what the future holds for The Silver Starfish...
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To appropriately quote the wise and profound Winnie the Pooh, “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
