06/05/2026
Long post warning 😄 🤣
So on Monday 4th of may it was Petals 13th birthday!
Can you believe it has been 13 years since I first opened the doors and welcomed our first customers into my dream!?
I can't quite believe it has been all this time as it's literally flown by.....some years faster than others!
I have been utterly amazed by how much we've grown, evolved and remained committed to our customers....its always our priority ❤️
I've shared so many moments and life changing events within these walls.
Petals has seen me on my best, worst and most vulnerable days, weeks even years.....yet I've always showed up .... put on the face that holds Petals together.... keeping hold on the reins when all I've wanted to do was let go and go....... I've lost some of the most important people in my life during these 13 years, painful dark days 💔 but Petals has always been my safe space .... the one thing I've held onto without it judging me if I'm falling to bits or just want to sit and absorb it. I can and I have done this many many times!
So 13 years ago I had a solid foundation around me .... supporting me, reassuring me when I doubted myself.
They may not be here anyone but I'm still here fighting the doubts alone fighting battles with the same gusto I had to find on my own.....and I have!!
I've done it and I'm so proud of what this place means to so many of you too.... I take great pride in that. I always wanted Petals to feel like you were coming to my home and you felt safe here, valued and welcome.
Not everyone who has passed through Petals has been welcomed long term .... they've shown their true colours, betrayed the trust I gave them and stabbed me hard in the back .... but still I held my head up high knowing karma is a bitch and your time will come!!
There's always one bad apple that rots everything around them eventually 🙄
But..... 99% of people who have been here, sat in my chairs, eaten my food and soaked up Petals have been the reason I've kept going forward.... the infectious laughter, the humour written on the walls that makes you laugh .... makes me laugh 😃 the joy I see in you....your comments...you returning again and again it's all priceless 😀
Without you Petals would be nothing. Without you I wouldn't have kept going when I feel worthless and broken 💔.....without you I feel invisible.
Petals has saved me many times .... as have you!
I love Petals ❤️ I love my ladies who work alongside me.
I love the friends who have celebrated with me .... I love my customers..... I love my family.
Most of all I have memories here that no-one can take from me or replace, the people who we've lost their footprints 👣 remain here and will always remain here .... here's to many more memories ✨️ many more celebrations, many more cuppas with friends 🧡
Lastly here's to you .... from the bottom of my heart you're support ❤️ loyalty and kindness has never wavered ..... thank you for keeping the pink dream a reality in a world that can be dark ..... ❤️ 💙 💜
As always love Julie ❤️
