08/27/2026
My best friend is going to be maaaaad I posted this because she is exactly the kind of person who will do all of this and then be personally offended that anyone noticed. 😂
I read something recently that said when your vision board starts showing up on your camera roll, make sure you stop long enough to notice it. And for some reason, that one stuck with me.
A year and a half ago, Honey’s was still basically a vision board with a lease. She was in that same shop with me late at night helping hang decorations, screw things together and make my crazy ideas exist in real life. Every single ice cream cone on that back wall was hand hung by her, while the two of us and our husbands laughed our way through getting this place ready to open.
Fast forward a year and a half and she showed up on a random Wednesday night for gelato and somehow ended up on trash duty. 😂
Her kids were right there with us too, six little eager hands helping me wash dishes while she changed out trash and swept the floors. And of course her husband got drafted too. I guess when your wife’s best friend owns a gelato shop, sometimes you get recruited. No application. No interview. Just grab a trash bag and welcome aboard.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that, I realized I was looking at the exact thing that quote was talking about.
Honey’s used to exist on a vision board. Now it exists in my camera roll. Full of people, memories, late nights, dirty dishes, laughter and the people who keep showing up for us.
None of this happens without the people who love us, talk about us, share us, support us and apparently take our trash out without being asked.
And yes, before anyone calls the Department of Labor, the tiny closing crew was paid out. 😂
Tonight, I noticed. And man, I’m grateful for my camera roll 🫶
