We are grateful beyond words for everyone that showed up to support us on #independentbookstoreday ! To all of our regular and new customers, friends and family, local authors and local artisans, thank you thank you thank you! We love our community!
It’s always such a fun and crazy busy day in the best way! Here is just a glimpse of the incredible day! What I didn’t capture was the crowd of people in our new, bigger space! It was packed but with room to comfortably roam. Smiles and laughter filled the store all day!
That image will forever be burned in my brain. Both the store and my heart was (and still is) full!
A giant shout out and thank you to my village! My amazing staff: Quinn, Alexa, and Connor, who labeled, shelved, moved, organized, entered inventory, cleaned, created, and showed up - all while taking care of our valued customers! Chandler for her incredible social media and pr talents and her eternal optimism! My daughter Morgan and one of our OG and forever staff members Athena for face painting, barista-ing and just being extra on Saturday! My Mom, who just a short month ago had part of her lung removed, and continues to prove that she is ageless and unstoppable (she helped shelve and alphabetize the used fiction section and prepare pages so I could finish the book tree). My husband, who helps with the heavy lifting, fixing, lending me tools, indulging all of my ideas, and for always being in my corner no matter what!
And finally, I want to thank me 😂
I’m taking a page out of
@snoopdogg ‘s book.
I want to thank me for working hard, for never quitting, for overcoming challenges, for believing in me, for crunching numbers when I’d rather be creating, and on some days, for just simply getting out of bed. Because running a business isn’t for the faint of heart and on some days, getting out bed and showing up deserves a lot more credit than I give myself.
Thank you again for one of our best Indie Bookstore Days! xoxoxo
Love,
from all of us at Monarch
#grateful
