09/14/2021
Gracious Threads is not new.
We’ve sold t-shirts.
We’ve sold jewelry.
Then we went dark.
Life has been all about transition in the last couple of years. We met, got engaged, and got married in less than 6 months’ time. Then, shortly after, Covid hit the world. Then, we moved out of a house, moved in with my parents, and then moved into our new build (it was a lot of moving).
Then, Covid hit our world.
Although we’ve had much change and most of it good, I really could never take the time I wanted to focus on this business.
As some of you know, we’ve been struggling with infertility. This is truly something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. It is the most difficult thing I’ve ever been through. It is all consuming at times. I have to actively work at not letting it rule my life. For a while, it did. I hid it from even those who knew me best. On the outside I was my regular happy self, but on the inside, I was dying a painful death.
Thankfully, I have had many wonderful friends to encourage me along the way exactly when I needed it. Their perfectly timed texts would be just like medicine.
Bill and I know it’s the will of God that we have a family. He has told us that we will have a baby. I believe in what God tells us. His promises are good, and they are true. We are clinging to them. Bill is like a rock for me. He is everything a husband should be. He holds me when I cry, builds me up, reminds me when I forget, loves me, is patient with me, prays for me and I can never thank God enough for the gift that he is.
One day he came to me, and he said, “it’s time for you to get up”. I looked at him inquisitively as I happened to be perfectly upright at the time, so I wasn’t sure what he was referring to. He followed up and said, “you know you’re going to be a mom and this is a time of preparation, but it’s also the time for you to pick up other things you’ve been called to do; things you put down and walked away from”.
What Bill knows is that while I did walk away for a while, Gracious Threads has always been an incredible passion and calling for me.
Way before it was even called Gracious Threads it is something I’ve been thinking about, praying about, and working towards.
I’ll explain more of the vision of Gracious Threads soon because this is a rambling post, but I wanted you to hear the heart behind this because it’s giant. It’s big and it is purposeful, and I think you’ll love it. I really do.