I Can Do All Things

So here it is...the eve of manning my booth at this Spring's Rhea Lana sale.  Am I ready?  Well, I guess I have no choice, right?  Haha!  Yep, I'm ready.  I did a dry run this afternoon with all my stuff on my display and it looked pretty good, only wish I had more.  You know, I have more this sale I think than ever, I just wish I had about twice as much as I'm taking. My competition will be fierce and the more ammo I have the better, so now I'm left wondering how much she will have flower-wise.  For the past 4 sales she's tried to put hers out and the girls at RL have stopped her, but this year its open for all to do whatever.  I make up several bows, but not as many as I would have liked.  She specializes in bows and I can't compete with that, so I'll be tickled if I sale any of my bows.  The amount of doll clothes I'm taking is pretty good, so now let's hope they sell!! 

Scared doesn't even begin to explain how I'm feeling this sale.  I know the routine, the girls, and most of the vendors, but this sale I'm going in as an LLC, a business who has to charge sales tax, and I have a whole lot more responsibility than before.  Kind of scary, eh?  Yep.  It is.  I have to be meticulous on my records.  Sales past I would give stuff away, knock off some on prices, and just try to give back a little.  I still want to do that this time, but I'll be limited in how much I do.  I'm starting to get a little feel of what it's like to be a small businessman in America.  No wonder the American Dream of owning your own business is mostly a thing of the past, a figment of the imagination.  Taxes, taxes, road blocks, fees...UGH!!!!  I never imagined it was so difficult and technical to operate a SMALL business!  Still, though, I don't regret it.  I have to at least give it a chance and see how it pans out.  I'll know in a matter of days if my2sweets will continue on.  It's that simple and black and white.  Everything rests on the outcome of this sale.  So now do you see why I'm a little scared? 

In a perfect world I'll have lots of business, lots of interest in my stuff, and things will move.  By the time the sale is over only a fraction of my inventory will remain...however, reality is uncertain.  It is my prayer that the sale will be successful and my2sweets will survive to see another sale in the fall.  By chance if anyone is reading and would like, I'd appreciate you to remember me in your prayers tonight and this week.  Don't pray for my success, instead pray for me to find rest somehow this week (remember I work from 3:45 am until 9 am and will be heading to RL around 9:30, so no nap, no rest, and will work most nights to 7:00 pm and beyond) and that I'll interact with my customers and just be relaxed and enjoy each moment.  In the end it's not all about being successful even though I'd love that no doubt, but it's about being kind to others, smiling to the strangers who will be shopping no matter what they look like or what first impressions they leave, and just showing them God's love in any way I can.  I want people to remember the girl at my2sweets as someone who talked to them even if they didn't buy anything.  I have no way of knowing their story or what they're going through, so I want them to see Jesus through me. The rest of it will fall into place. 

~I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13)

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