02/28/2025
Silver Bullet Wellness LLC turns TWO today! 🎂🥳 I'd like to tell you a little birthday story:
In early 2023, as we were setting up SBW (i.e. building our website, writing a business plan and policies), I was also secretly scheming to propose to Sophia. Actually everybody knew except Sophia--her parents, my parents, siblings, and many of my friends knew.
I was so stressed and excited, I could've exploded.
I had the ring custom made in Ireland and ordered it months in advance, hoping to propose around Valentine's Day. It got waylaid in production, and did not arrive on time. When it did arrive, there was a hassle with FedEx and Sophia came *this* close to catching me...
My first attempt at proposing, Sophie cancelled our date at the last moment. It was for something silly and work-related, but I got inordinately mad, which made her confused. Then I thought "sh*t!", and pulled myself together, not wanting to give myself away. But gawddam, if that ring wasn't burning a hole in my pocket! 🔥
The day of our raincheck, February 28th, I had the ring hidden in a pack of gum. It was one of those fabulously warm winter days. A few hours before Sophia got off work, the mail came... and in it was a letter from the government welcoming the formation of our business and assigning an EIN number. Silver Bullet Wellness LLC was an official business.
Now I had TWO things burning a hole in my pocket!
That day, driving around listening to "Kilby Girl, trying to stay calm, I was on top of the world. The LLC letter and the engagement ring represented stepping into a big future, with a horizon that I can't see over. I felt ready, I felt scared, I felt big, I felt small--I felt like an explorer about to untie the boat.
And, well, you know the rest. 😘
These two years working together have been absolutely incredible. Hard at times, aggravating at others. There were definitely a few times when we counted pennies on the living room floor. AND, much more that, there have been SO MANY smiling faces, new friends, new clients, and amazing opportunities. We grew from massaging out of the back of our car to having not one, but two studios. We've been at dozens of events. And so many days, we come home tired but happy--thrilled to be doing what we love, on our own time, on our own terms, together.
So if you see Sophie today, make sure you wish her a happy engagement anniversary! 🌷 And raise a glass (of water) to Silver Bullet Wellness's 2nd birthday! 🥂💫
Thanks for being part of the adventure. 🫶