a love letter to daffodill
Dear Daffodill,
I don’t think there has been a single day since I was born that I didn’t love art, love creating. I’ve been in love with ceramics since I was 8 years old, and was obsessed with the studio and the instructors that I was lucky enough to learn with. From a very young age my mom always told me she thought I should be an art teacher, and my dad would talk about how great it is to own your own business. Funny how sometimes other people see a potential in you that you aren’t yet aware of. The way everything fell into my lap when I decided to open a studio so synchronistic it felt like it was meant to be, like the universe had been planning this all along. Creating Daffodill has in every way felt like my purpose on this earth, my piece of contributing to our world.
We’ve now spent 3 years together - open for business, with the 5 months before that just the two of us, slowly getting to know each other, building our relationship. We’ve spent countless 12+ hour days together, working, building, creating. You have held me through more change than I can even explain, including big break ups, surgery, the death of a parent, and deep internal work and struggle. I truly don’t know where I would be without you, or what I would ever do with myself if you weren’t here. You are the love of my life, the place, the entity, that I will always come back to.
We have met hundreds, if not thousands, of people together. We have heard their stories, their laughs, their worries, their confessions, their secrets. We have helped them learn, and change, and grow, as we do the same alongside them. We have offered support and encouragement, and received it in return. We have witnessed people challenge themselves, develop their skills, learn to give themselves a little bit more grace, create, find and lean into a space in their own flow state. We have witnessed the struggle and the frustration and the vulnerability that comes from trying something new, especially when you’re not immediately good at it. We have witnessed the joy that comes through hard work and perseverance, both in ourselves, and in so many others around us.
As I see so many other small businesses struggle to keep their doors open, and so many that close, it makes me so worried for our future together. I don’t know what the next few years have in store for us, but I guess that’s part of the journey. We will likely be moving soon, maybe as soon as next month. I hope the new space is just as perfect as this one has been for the last few years. I really hope this is just the beginning for us, and that we’re just getting started. We’ve been through so much together, but I hope to know you, to love you, for decades and decades to come.
My life is so much better because of you, and with you in it. I will never be the person I was before I met you ever again. You have changed my life in every way imaginable, and I couldn’t imagine never having met you. You mean everything to me. I promise I will do absolutely everything in my power to ensure you stick around for a very long time. I want take care of you, help you grow, help you flourish. I want to make sure you’re there for everyone who needs you in their life. I want to see you become so strong and so beautiful you’re almost hard to recognize.
You will always have the biggest piece of my heart. I adore you, I’m so proud of you, and I love you more than anything.
Love always,
Danni