Why I cried {High Point Buyers Pass}

If you have been a follower of Design Thoughts since we were just Design Thoughts Blog…Then you know me, and you know how deeply connected to moments I am! Which is also why designing meaningful interiors is everything to me!  If you are new here, I am so excited that you are with us, and I would like to give you a quick glimpse into what I mean when I say, “Deeply Connected to moments”.

When something feels pretty big to me, I usually cry. I mean, that’s just my first response to the good, the bad, the ugly and the beauty of life. Tears. It has always been me. I remember when I was 5, my mom brought home a pink ceramic shoe with a plant in it, and she said she picked out the pink, because Pink was my favorite color. I remember crying because It felt SO HUGE that I would have a pink ceramic planter. I mean, not only a beautiful green little plant but a PINK planter TOO?!! A tad dramatic, maybe, but total truth!

So, When I received this little slip of paper pictured above, it was one of those moments!! Lets back up to about 3 years ago in New York. I think back to a circle of amazing, beautiful, powerful women,with whom I sat with each week.  We were transitioning from being mamas to tiny babies, to being mamas who had begun thinking about what our lives might look like as we emerged from the depths of newborn- ness and toddler-ness. I had been working for an architect 2 days a week, and I was about 12 yrs into my Interior Design Career, after taking almost 2 yrs off to be a mama. This was a Vision Circle, and Vision did we ever!! I remember knowing in my SOUL, that at some point soon, I would be ready to foster my own dream, instead of working on someone elses. I had always appreciated each step on my path, and took great knowledge along with me, and made beautiful connections, but it was time. These women helped nurture the soil in which my little seed had been planted! {Thank you!!}

SO, when I opened this slip of paper, that said  “Design Thoughts Interiors-BUYER” it was a MOMENT!! I opened it, and jumped up and down, then cried. It felt really big!! it was more than just the pass…it was all the nights I felt scared and nervous to go out on my own, it was the endless conversations that we had as a family about what this might look like if I ( GASP) FOLLOW MY DREAM!!! I have been doing this for over 15 years. I love being an Interior Designer. I loved the jobs that I have had in the past, they have brought me to this exact space that I am in. BUT, what I know for sure, is if I hadn’t taken that leap of faith 1 year ago, I would not be sitting right here, where I am, as a BUYER for my own Interior Design business!

So, as I leave tomorrow in the early 5AM morning, to drive {solo} across the amazing Blue Ridge mountains, with music blasting and a coffee in my hand, I will be sending shout outs of gratitude to each step along the way. To some, this is just Spring Market, to me, this is the market I look at as the MOMENT it all felt real, and the Market I will look back at, as my first!!

Happy Spring Market to all 🙂

XO Kim