how the heck are you!!!
checked out your site!
whats news!

are you moving ahead on the plan?

kisses to BABERS and Bar(r)on
Sherry

You should pick up The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. I am feeling glad to have read it before getting my start – and it seems like it could give you some helpful tips about how to manage your growing business without doing all of the work yourself and allowing you some down time to do other things. Of course – easier said than done – but there is some sound advise and perspective if you read between the lines.

Best regards,
Jennifer

bon week end! ^-^

What a wonderful father you have! (Mine’s pretty great too but he doesn’t read my blog!) Good luck and hold onto that passion.

Reading your blog really struck me because of a conversation I had with my mom last night. My mom went through the dilemma of whether to pursue her dream of going to college when my sister and I were little ones. She made the decision to pursue her art degree (and went all the way to through her doctorate for psychology). She was in school and gone a lot since I can remember. The reason I am writing this is because I know that she has always felt so much guilt for not being a great housewife, or “there for her children” all the time, she wasn’t able to fulfill my dad’s expectations of keeping the house clean or being organized. I never realized how much guilt she felt until I went to college. It makes me sick that she feels so guilty from the societal pressures that tell her what she should be good at and what she should be as a wife and a mother. I told her last night that I wouldn’t trade what she accomplished and the inspiration and example she set for us for a clean house or better dinners, or anything like that. There is no one I respect more than her and it is because of her that I understand and am passionate about biblical gender equality that so many churches seem to have backwards. Anyway, I know you have decided to keep on with your passion and I am so happy to hear it! My hope is that you wont fall prey to the guilt trap that haunts so many women from our society.

It was a struggle–herculean at times. Often terribly discouraging. At one point when I had laid off my few employees and the bank told me to pack it in, I sat at my desk and cried. But I didn’t quit, I didn’t go get a job as probably would have been smart. I kept at it. Many times, the opportunities before me were severely limited by my commitment to my wife and kids. I didn’t travel much at all, though doing so would have had a huge impact at key times. But my family was more important and I don’t regret those sacrifices. I do regret one thing–too much worry, too much thinking, too much uncertainty and doubt. These things took too much of the joy of the journey as well as the mental time away from my precious family.
I have no great answers for you. Sometimes the expectations of perfection are dangerous. Trying to be the very best at everything could lead you to a sense of utter failure just when you are succeeding the most. I suspect you are a great parent, actually, I know you are a great mother as well as a great chef.
I should know, since you are the mother of my grandson and you are that stunningly beautiful daughter.
Put the worry hat away, keep on with your dreams, and enjoy each day for the great gift it is.