To paraphrase a popular saying, with great opportunity comes great responsibility.
Meaning, Jan Staley, owner of The Book Market in Crest Hill, has been wonderfully generous in giving BryonySeries a display space inside her store.
And the collaboration has been wonderful, including ways to draw people's attention top the display and giving them basic information about special offers, gifts, etc.
So that has led to an ever-changing array of homemade signs.
You should know I'm completely useless in that regard.
Daniel, however, is amazing. And for every display except one, he's made the signs, often collaborating with Rebekah.
For 2025, we're seeking ways to make signage easier, such as a felt board or magnetic board. This will save us sign time, for time is an especially precious resource in our family.
So naturally the final sign of 2024 gave us trouble, so much so that the BryonySeries Christmas display went up last week without the sign.
The fault lay within the paper. The letters simply wouldn't stick to it, even after throwing our best solutions at it.
So Daniel began anew last night. And Timothy joined him.
The project took several hours, which is a wealth of time when these young men working very full-time jobs and are taking master level classes.
Now anyone who walks into The Book Market for the rest of the year, they will see a festive sign and the information.
But the subtext of that sign shows a few other things, too: a commitment to help out with a task I can't properly executive, the willingness to give up their time and give of themselves for a project that doesn't directly benefit them, and the ability to collaborate to get the job done.
And today, I'll be sitting across that sign from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with full knowledge that the sign is more than paper, stickers, and bows.
The sign represents the characters of two fine young men,
Happy Tuesday!
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