09/10/2026
First day back to school. Official end of summer. And I’m feeling ALL the feels.
New beginnings. Change. Metamorphosis. 🦋
It’s been almost two years since my breakup, and strangely, I think I’m finally feeling some of the mourning now. Maybe because life was moving so fast before that I just kept moving with it.
And now Julia is a tween. 😳 She’s finding herself, pushing back, changing her mind constantly. Some days she loves Miami. Other days she tells me she wants to move back to PA. She misses the nature, the farms, that life. (For the record: we are NOT moving back to PA. 😂 Hell no.)
And I’m finding myself too.
Building a life in Miami. Running a business. Being a single mom. Trying to “do it all” while regularly wondering if I’m doing any of it well enough.
Because comparison really is the thief of joy.
Did I sell enough? Build enough? Work enough? Mom enough?
And then I look back at this summer.
The Ozarks. Farm life. Raising pigs. Kansas. Oklahoma. Italy. New York. New Jersey. Crab camp. So many miles, so many experiences, so many memories with my girl.
And I’m really fu***ng proud of that.
I built a business and a life that gave me the flexibility to be a working mom on the road. To show Julia the world. To give her experiences. To be there.
Maybe this season is about appreciating what I built instead of constantly asking myself what I haven’t built yet.
Even today feels like a roller coaster. But maybe that’s what metamorphosis feels like.
And because there is ALWAYS a silver lining around here… 😉
If you actually made it all the way down here, you get the secret:
SILVER GEMMYS ARE COMING. 🤫✨
A whole new Gemmy world. Build Your Own Gemmy Cuff online. New wood. New ideas. So much coming.
New season. New beginnings. New Gemmys.
Happy fall. ✌️❤️
