When I was a little girl, I had big crazy dreams for myself. I envisioned being a cowgirl at the rodeo. I wore red cowgirl boots and a straw cowboy hat with green trim everywhere. As I grew up, the idea of what I wanted to do with my life changed. While there were many different career paths envisioned and tested, I’m not sure I ever saw myself running an embroidery-based small business. In fact, when I got back into hand embroidery as an adult, my mom’s first words to me were, “You hated that as a kid!”
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