One afternoon, a few weeks ago, I was sitting in my car—early for Hudson’t pick-up—and I heard Meghna Chakrabarti interviewing Sara Blakely on Here & Now. Blakely founded Spanx, the shapewear company, before she was 30 years old. At 45, she’s not the youngest female billionaire in America, according to Forbes.*
Blakely talked about how much rejection she faced when trying to get Spanx into stores and shared stories of cold-calling—during which she was nevertheless nervous all the time. “Courage is a muscle,” she remarked. And her examples of building that muscle were inspiring.
But the thing that has stuck with me all these weeks later was a story she shared about her father and a gift he gave her:
To celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary, we’re returning to the site of our honeymoon—to Thailand! Ten years later, two kids in tow, it’s going to be a very different trip, but we’re excited.
It took us a while to pin down our itinerary—how much to change and how much to keep the same?
The sun is out today and the trees are suddenly filling with flowers. I feel like spring is almost here—I can’t wait. I’ve lost any of the hardiness I earned on the East Coast and have become greedy for warm California days. And I’m ready to start gardening!
Aron is on call this weekend, but I’m going to try to fit in a visit out to the Capay Valley with the kids for the Almond Blossom Festival. And Scribe is having a pickup-party, so I’ll drive into Sonoma to meet up with friends. And instead of picking up my phone and gasping at the news every few hours, I’m going to try to catch up on a couple of movies before the Oscars on Sunday night. Will you be watching? Any favorites?
