Always Expect Something Wonderful to Happen

I have a journal that I pretty much keep with me all the time and written on the cover are the words, "Always Expect Something Wonderful to Happen". To be honest over the last six months it's been hard to hold that light in my heart. In February I received the notice that I could not have any more sales or events in our renovated barn. After various meetings, applications, tears and prayers it seemed all we were doing was taking one step forward and being forced two steps back. I could barely look across the road and look at the barn without feeling sick to my stomach. We even at one point considered selling our house and renovating the barn and making it our home. It was the worst feeling - I loved it so much but at the same time I hated the situation we were in. 

I guess the most frustrating part was looking around and seeing so many others doing exactly what I was doing but now was being told I could not. I've never been the kind of person who gives up on something I love so I kept researching and figuring out a way to make Carolina Moon more than just a hobby but a legitimate farm operation. (More to come on that in the spring of 2018). And then one day an email came to me and a meeting was set up and all of a sudden ..... I'm good to go. You can call it what you want .... a miracle, patience, magic, luck - whatever you want to think. I'm just thankful and so excited for the future of my hobby. My business - Carolina Moon. 

I can't even say I wish it all had never happened. The old adage, "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger" definitely applies to this. I may have never had the feeling of loss that I had when I thought my dreams would not even have a chance to come true. Now I know Carolina Moon will be stronger, better and sustainable as a business. 

So now I'm abuzz with the excitement of planning for a barn sale on November 25th, a wedding show in January and "sowing the seeds" of something wonderful growing in the spring. There will be missteps and mistakes and failures along the way but now I know for sure if you always expect something wonderful to happen then it will.