12/01/2025
As I share this journey with you all, I want to admit something that isn’t easy for me… there are parts of me I struggle with — especially asking for help, and even harder than that, accepting it. I’m so used to saying “I got this,” even when I’m barely holding myself together. But this week, God placed people in my life who didn’t listen when I said I was fine. They stepped in anyway — a little deeper, a little stronger — and held me through some of the hardest moments of my life.
As we’ve had to move quickly to create a different space for the Cashmere family, I have watched people show up in ways that have left me humbled and overwhelmed.
Shi, on the day it happened, showed up and hugged me. When I said, “I’m okay, you don’t have to stay,” she looked at me and said, “I’ll sit in my car — I’m not leaving you.” And she didn’t. She stayed through the tears, the shaking, the trauma, the confusion… all of it. She held space for the raw, real mess I was in that moment.
Michelle, who has driven from Phoenix twice this week — not because she had to, but because her heart told her I needed her. She brought items we needed and then stayed to help me organize and basically play Tetris to piece together a new space for our Cashmere family. She didn’t hesitate for a second. She just showed up with action, love, and presence.
And of course, my husband, Jay — my steady, my strength, my quiet calm. Not only helping at the salon, but supporting me at home. Listening to me fall apart, holding me when the panic hits, carrying the weight I can’t. He shows up in the places no one sees, loving me through every layer of this trauma. His support has been a lifeline.
And then… all of YOU.
The donations, the messages, the prayers, the items dropped off, the people asking, “What do you need? How can we help?” — I have been absolutely overwhelmed by your generosity. watching strangers and friends reach out… it has left me in tears more than once. I have felt held, loved, and supported by a community that refuses to let me fall.
Every chair, every product, every dollar, every share, every offer — you are helping me rebuild what was lost. You are reminding me that Cashmere isn’t just a business… it’s a family. And this family is showing up in ways I will never forget.
To everyone who has prayed for us, donated, shared our posts, reached out, shown up, or simply held us in their hearts — thank you. Truly. You are helping us stand back up.
I am exhausted. I am emotional. But I am also so incredibly grateful.
This journey is heavy… but I am not carrying it alone. 💗 ~Sara
