I truly hope that your holiday season was one filled with delight, comfort and joy. As usual, this holiday season was incredibly busy which included giving back to a deserving group of individuals. I had the honor of serving the brave Houston police officers at the Northeast Houston Station.
At this event, I learned that many of our brave men and women in blue begin their early morning shifts without consuming a nutritious breakfast. On this particular day, roll call began at 5:45am! As you can imagine, I arrived at the bakery before the crack of dawn to bake croissants, danishes and muffins and to deliver them on time. Still the honor was all mine to serve them along with Sheepdog Ministries.
After all of the baking and as Christmas Day approached, my family and I decided to alter our usual holiday plans and vacation in our neighboring coastal community, Galveston, Tx. We sang Christmas tunes and exchanged gifts. My brother cooked his crowd-favorite seafood boil and of course my contribution included dessert with my sweet potato pecan pie. The weather outdoors may have been frightfully frigid but indoors our spirits were delightfully warm. I will always reflect on this particular holiday with great fondness.
As I look to the new year, I am eternally optimistic-envisioning the possibilities, promises and hope that will unfold each day. This is the year that I finally fulfill a life-long desire to open my first bakery. Thank you so much for helping me to get to this point on my entrepreneurial journey. With each order that you placed, with each donation made to my crowdfunding campaign and with each encouraging word, you gave me the strength to forge ahead in this endeavor.
In the coming days, I will keep you aware of our progress as we open our doors. Feel free to share the next few newsletters with friends, family members as well as neighbors too. We look forward to serving you in a greater way in 2023.
I leave you with this parting thought: “The book is called Opportunity, and it’s first chapter is New Year’s Day.” -Edith Lovejoy Pierce, Poet
Cheers!
Heather Davis
