I'm not much of a new year's person. Since becoming a mom, I despise losing any moment of precious sleeping hours, new year's feels as exciting to me as starting any other month of the year. I don't make resolutions, or put together "this was my year" slideshows. However, one thing has never changed month to month or year to year, and that's that God has been good to us.
So. Very. Good.
It was 4 years ago this very soon January that we started our business. Considering most businesses fail within the first year, we feel very blessed to even still be in the game. Not only that, but we've done better every year. Our revenue has gone up, we've gotten more locations, expanded on to our business, learned more things, and met more people. God has gone before us every step of the way. There have been multiple opportunities for us to fall on our faces, screw this whole thing up, but God has been merciful to us and this business.
This year of blessings has not been without its challenges either. The biggest occurrences in our business this year were taking on Northland College in Ashland in May as a location, and starting our A Sweet Event extension business. Don't be fooled by the brevity of that sentence. These were large, massive undertakings that required a lot of time and a lot of money.
It has not always been the easiest path, working three jobs between us all without the assistance of a daycare. But this is where we were almost exactly 4 years ago. I was pregnant with Clara, we knew WE wanted to be the ones to raise our babies, and we wanted to be a family as much as possible. God has been good and provided a way for at least one of us to always be home with the kids, working two jobs, and running the business. We get tired, worn out, and stressed, but we've never forgotten our goal in the last four year- to be a family, as much as possible. We still believe this business is our ticket to this goal. We don't want to be millionaires or run our own office or join a country club- we just want to be together.
There are days where this goal seems more elusive than others, but we believe this is what God has for our family. Some days that's all we can stand on.
We have had a lot of fun together this year. It's been so rewarding to watch God work in and through our business. We are so excited for 2014 and what that holds for our family and for this business. We at Northland Vending wish you a very happy new year full of God's best for you!
