I have always had big dreams, big aspirations for myself. Even when I was little I knew I wanted to do something incredible. I wanted to rule the world. Ok, maybe I thought a little highly of myself, or more than a little, but hey, without a vision the people perish, right? You have to have a dream. I’m sure growing up an only child did not help this situation (Although, I do have an incredible little sister now and I’m still not much better). :)
From a young age I knew what I wanted was to be my own boss, to be self employed. As I got older I still just knew I would do big things, big things in the business world. I wanted to set out and conquer something. I went through high school and junior college thinking the same thing, but when I went to A&M something happened. I realized I was no more special than anyone else out there, and that the real world is a hard one to survive in. So, I started a career, basically as a fall back, but it turned out that I loved it. I’m a banker by first trade and I enjoy the thrill of building a relationship with someone, earning their trust, and being there for them when they are ready for big changes, like buying their first herd of cattle, building their first home, buying their first farm, and guiding them through the potentially intimidating process of getting a loan. I love it when people call me “their banker”. I love it when people ask me for insight on financial matters. I love so many aspects of my job, from helping customers with personal decisions to making good business decisions to watching my portfolio grow (or sometimes shrink). Sure, there are downfalls, that is with every job.
As I grew as a banker, I watched the dream of owning my own business fall to the way side…
Insert ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes…
I never thought about being a mom, never knew for a fact that it would happen. I’m not a “kid” person, per say. I never wanted to baby sit, there was no money in it. Just one day I woke up and decided I wanted, no NEEDED, a child and my life was forever changed, it was like someone flipped a switch inside of me.
I quickly learned the struggle of being a “working mom”. I say this lightly because if you call yourself a mom, you work, no matter if you draw a pay check or not. My son has gone to day care since he was 6 weeks old, which is not a bad thing, but it ripped my heart out for a long time when I left him with someone else during the day. I missed his first words, his first steps (I think there is a country song along those lines), a lot of firsts. This is what made me start thinking about my long lost dream once again. My son was constantly sick, I was always torn between the guilt of needing to be at work and the guilt of sometimes having to leave a sick baby with a family member. Thus re-enter the ‘ol self employment dream. I got into this business because I was always seeing something and telling my husband “I can do THAT”, and he would respond with “so do it!” Well, eventually I did.
We are moving to the McKinney, TX area. During the course of making the decision for this move I had to consider, where does my passion lie? Is it with the banking industry or am I ready to leave behind 8 years of a great banking career and try something different? My heart is saying to follow my dream, so I’m stepping out in faith, and hoping that God will do big things in our endeavors.
It is with great sadness I will leave the bank I am at now. What a great place they have been for myself and my family. Everyone there is so good to us. With that being said, I am excited to announce the following:
HD will have a full-time staff as of December 1, 2011, consisting of myself and a 2 year old.
It’s very daunting leaving the security of a guaranteed paycheck, but at the same time such an awesome thrill, to be able to watch my kiddo grow up and to be able to pursue a childhood dream all at the same time. My emotions are beyond words right now and we would appreciate your prayers that all will go well.
Our first and foremost mission is to keep our customers #1, for without you guys we have nothing! We are so thankful for all of you and are ready to help you with now faster turnaround times and more ideas than ever! I can introduce a phone number now, which I haven’t been able to do in the past! 469-247-7004. Also, we are coming to Serendipity Market in Edmond, we are waiting for another market in the OKC area to open up, and are looking at some spaces in the DFW Metroplex! Online is not the only place to find HD now! We are also looking at some different shipping options to help our online customers with the ever-rising cost of shipping.
Thank you all, again, so much for all your help in making my dream become a reality! We are so excited to live true to our name (Heritage Designs was based off of the Scripture Psalm 127:3, as we hoped one day this business would allow me to give my all to our children)!
