10/13/2025
The Olympia expo was an amazing but emotional experience for me. We met Michaels idol for him. He always wanted to meet him. We tried twice and he ended up having to work. This man was the reason he wanted to open the shop in the first place. He was an oil boy at one point too. Michael always said if he can do it I can do it too. The world is so unfair and life is so short. We finally were able to start heading in the direction that would get him out of the field and he didnβt even get to see it to our one year anniversary. To everyone else this is just a grungy hat. To me itβs every hour he spent away from his family to give them everything he had. Every missed holiday, every missed birthday, every canceled vacation. We talked about going to the Olympia for years and it was always βWeβll do it next yearβ. Next year never came and now it never will. Grief has been so interesting to navigate because itβs not the anniversaries and the big holidays that hurt the most. Itβs moments like this. Seems so small and simple but it was a big deal to him! Work hard, play hard, love hard and be grateful for each day. He really was a HWMF to his core! If he could see the store now and all of the support we have had from our amazing customers he would be blown away!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us this weekend. It meant so much more to us than you know!!! -your fellow HWMFs