Real World

"To know even one life has

breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 When I think back on the week that was, words like stressful and chaotic come to mind. After moving in from our old location last Sunday, I really did not expect this much unrest and interruption to the daily operation of The Grooming Shoppe. Let's just say the the transition was not as smooth as I had hoped for.

That doesn't even address the stresses and complications we faced in The Petcare Market.

By Thursday, we were all on the verge of a meltdown.

(Ah yes Thursdays!)

Then came Friday morning.

The dust up from the week's maelstrom was beginning to settle down and it became clear to me that we had weathered yet another storm.

As a matter of fact, things had calmed down so much that I was able to regroup and come up with a fairly achievable forward plan.

My brother reached out mid-morning and it was decided that we would all get together for Shabbat dinner last night.

Normally diner for 10 would be no big deal, however being in the shop all day and having prepared nothing in advance could have become problematic.

Suffice it to say, the same calm which had greeted my day Friday morning carried over to dinner preparations.

By 7:30, we were all seated for a lovely Shabbat meal.

And in the end, isn't that all that really matters?

Shabbat Shalom!