Cat, Deb and Alex: call them the Dream Team.
All the hard work, long nights, eye rubbing and hysterical laughter from too much caffeine has paid off. This past Sunday, we officially opened our doors to the public. There were folks lined up at the door, souls filled the carpet, the space, and the air above; some attached to humans, some not. There was laughter lining the walls, connections between humans and humans, humans and books, and humans and stones. The energy was alive, abundant and overwhelming in the best way possible. We tampered with the computer and printer in annoyance, but these things were greeted with patience by each customer as they extended their understanding.
We constantly joke about how opening a business during Mercury In Retrograde was one of the darndest decisions we ever did make, but all-in-all, we would not have asked for anything to have gone differently.
We are exactly where we need to be.
Columbia, thank you for being our home.