Monarq Hair Studio

Enjoyed a beautiful Easter with my lil fam yesterday!

We went to church and went out to lunch at our favorite spot, and I found myself thinking about how GRATEFUL I was at how much has changed since 2 years ago.

We were able to actually be around people, see their smiling faces, the energy was positive and high, and we got to sit down at our favorite restaurant and enjoy a meal together.

Small things that we would have taken advantage of just a few years ago before it was all put on pause.

So, it felt extra special and I felt a little extra joy! ☀️

I am working on so big things behind the scenes that I have been keeping under wraps! Get ready to see some announcements rolling in here soon!! 🥰
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2 years.

I remember exactly what I was doing - I was doing a workout in my basement because my gym had already been shut down. I had an alert on my phone for news updates because my worst fear was that at any moment I would be ordered to close my business as well.

The alert came through, and I fell to my knees mid workout.

It might seem selfish to some, considering everything that was on the line for so many people at that time, but it felt like my world had just crashed.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would experience something like that. I had no idea what was to come, and I was aware of how little control I had in the matter at the time.

I sobbed the whole drive to Boulder as I prepared to gather valuable items from my studio and lock the doors for 40 days, which then turned into 50 days.

I took this photo of my dark studio right before I walked away. And the second photo is a screenshot of the live video I did right after I received the alert of the order announcing to my clients the news.

I was petrified.

In my mind, everything I had worked so hard for was about to slip right through my fingers, through zero fault of my own. It felt like a hard, undeserving slap in the face.

I spent that lockdown wondering what was going to become of life as we knew it. If you had told me that so much more was about to unfold that would rock our society even more, I don’t think I would have been able to stomach it.

However,

Standing here 2 years later, I am so grateful. When I expected my business to crumble, it soared. When I expected my life to fall apart, it overflowed with blessings. When I expected to not be able to make it through, I’m standing here so much stronger of a person than I was going in.

I will forever remember this day as the day my world stopped spinning, and the day I had to make a choice to sink or swim.

And then I will celebrate myself for swimming.