As we prepare to enter a new year we can’t help but reflect upon what a wild ride it has been for us all. They say hindsight is 2020 (pun intended) and although we may not have always felt it, looking back on this year we have an overwhelming sense of gratitude.
We are so grateful to our community of friends and family far and wide that supported our Preserve Makers program. Every purchase was followed up by someone on the other end of that order doing a happy dance! Grateful to the vendors we have cultivated close relationships with to help us get through a difficult season for all in the event industry. Grateful to couples and their families that chose to postpone vs. cancel, grateful to those who forged forward against all odds to write some of the most epic love stories we’ve ever seen. Thank you!
As for 2020 – you bent us, but you didn’t break us!
You caught us just coming off the coattails of some incredibly challenging previous years that were filled with heartache and significant loss.
You brought an emotional load that was oftentimes too heavy to carry on our own.
You brought us more working hours than waking hours, often forcing us to choose between being good parents or good business owners.
You ushered in change we weren’t ready or prepared for.
2020 – you brought us to our knees, tested our patience, sanity, and our ability to just carry on in our daily lives.
Despite what curveballs you threw at us, we attempted (not always successfully) to see a silver lining.
2021 — We’re so glad to see you! As we usher in a New Year, we welcome the sharp clarity and focus we’ve gained while being tested by such seemingly insurmountable circumstances. This may not be “the year” for big expansions or grand projects and improvements, but it will be the year that we are more thankful than ever for the simple pleasures in our lives we were stripped over the past year.
If 2020 taught us anything it might be that we just need to slow it down. Get to the core of what makes our family and this property so special. Dig deep to find the true meaning of legacy while perfecting our vision so that generations will enjoy this bucolic property for years to come.
We are grateful for the years of struggle that made us stronger, and look to the future full of hope!
We wish you a year that is full of hope, health, happiness, and abundance however you define it.
With Love,
The Preserve Family
