How many times has fear tried to consume you? Fear can be as simple as being afraid of walking across a city street to overcoming that giant obstacle standing in your way as you move forward.

Oh how excited I am about you getting the chance to hear from someone I think the world of and truly admire – Yes, my Gran Ann. She’s one of the loveliest people who is selfless, constantly uplifting, always has my back, not afraid to tell it like it is and always prays for even her enemies.

She’s taught me about life, how to deal with people, friendships, relationships and of course educated me in numerous business decisions. Friends and family know her and want to be just like her (not to mention she’s literally Betty White’s twin we’re convinced!). You may have heard me talk about her and share quotes with you that she sends me each week in my email. So now you get to hear her up close and personal.

I can 100% say that I LOVE what I do and I am blessed beyond words to work side by side with some amazing people day in and day out. It’s projects like this that make the trials of small business totally worth it.

We got the chance to team up with our friends at Midway Church to create a new wall design for their Baptism area. They wanted to have a hint of clean rustic with a modern feel.

I’m convinced that if I had a dollar for every time I was asked the question, “How did you decide to be an entrepreneur and/or work in family business” I’d be mighty rich (totally kidding). I get asked this question by peers, those in the corporate world and even by random strangers which I still wonder how we ever get on the subject at times…

Here’s what I can tell you -I did not plan on doing anything close to what I’m doing now. I had grown up with many family members who ran their own businesses and were successful while also having failures along the way too so I got to see both sides. The day that I did start working with the family businesses right out of college there were times that they would let me make mistakes BUT they let me learn from them. They didn’t do everything for me, they pushed me to learn and even when I made a mistake I was able to learn from it for the future.