Okay, I have to tell you what Ivy said last night. I wish I could recite it word-for-word, but the girl hasn’t fully grasped the English language yet, so it’s hard to remember. There were a lot of “uh….”s as she was trying to find her words, but the gist was that she thought I had a beautiful necklace on, and she wanted to go to a jewelry show so she could get one for herself while daddy and Henry were sleeping at nap time. So now I know that I raised her right! If she’s not a jeweler herself in 16 or so years, she’s definitely going to be a hostess, earning tons of free jewelry!!

It’s been an exciting time for my business lately. I have been super busy over the last two months, and as a result, I have gotten some awards and recognition. I’m pretty sure I’ve said it before, but I’ve never had a job where my boss told me regularly that she appreciated my hard work and that I was doing a great job. But in the last two or three months, I have gotten letters and awards and free jewelry (yay!) just for doing shows and giving away free jewelry (my company has generously spent about as much money giving my hostesses free jewelry as I’ve made selling it!).

It’s always nice when I tell a hostess how much free jewelry she’s earned, and she actually has to ADD to her wish list (or even double it sometimes)!

I don’t think, when I told my sponsor that I was thinking of becoming a jewelry lady, that I really knew why I wanted to do it, or what I hoped I’d get out of it. At the time, we didn’t really need extra money, but shortly after, those darn student loans appeared. But honestly, this year, I’ve made enough money to cover those and then some. The kids are happier when mama’s happy. The husband is happier when the wife is happy (that’s an understatement, by the way). So maybe the idea occurred to me that I should be a jeweler without me actually knowing why, and now I understand why when I see what it’s brought into my life. I feel very blessed to have recognized this amazing opportunity.