So, I haven't just sat down and wrote anything in quite sometime...figured now was a good time.

The road I have been on over the past several years has been full of twists, turns, and alot of learning and self discovery as well. I'm not entirely sure how it happened...but life has handed me happiness and peace of mind. It's a crazy thing to sit back for a minute and reflect on where I now find myself....in the office of Graham & Sons Antiques and Fine Furnishings...it's amazing. I am the proprietor of our family business. My mother is the owner. We now run an antique store as well as an auction house in Monroe, The Sundance Auction House....

...sorry, I was just re-reading that last grouping of sentences and soaking it in a bit...the idea is still new to me..but man, do I dig it.

Working for a Family Business is not like working at all. I put in over 80 hours a week here at the shop...at least...and I could be here more in all honesty, and it wouldn't bother me one bit. I know that this all goes into the family pot. It all benefits us....and that in itself, is more gratifying than working for anybody else. We are working towards a better future for ourselves, and man does it feel good.

I love being able to talk to people all the time. I love the fact that I feel proud to dress in a shirt and tie everyday, being happy to represent the family the best that I am able to. I love the fact that I am able to help.

Being at the shop is a great feeling. Over the past several weeks, many friends and family members have popped in to take a look around , or just to sit back and have a cup of coffee over some conversation. This makes me very happy as well. I seem to have shaken free some of my walls and allowed for a happier existence to happen. I am letting more and more people into my life, and feel the need to let more in.

And, somehow, in the process of taking a different path in life, I am finding I have let go of the feeling of loneliness that has haunted me. I have a new feeling of content that has washed over me. As if I walked blindfolded through a waterfall, I feel good again. Not sure how or why, but I am not one to question these things...at least not this time....I'm pretty happy...and I know that everything will work out just fine from here.

Everything happens exactly the way it should....otherwise, it would have happened some other way.

Much Love.

-kcl