My name is Sara and I am the owner of this quirky little flower truck.
I purchased this itty bitty import farm truck in the Spring of 2024. I had zero experience with owning a business- and was even more unexperienced in driving stick shift. The week after I bought the truck, I looked at my financial advisor and said "I feel crazy, and that craziness is driven by about 90% desperation." He laughed and said "Congratulations! those two things officially make you a small business owner." Most days I'm still catching my breath from the giant leap that this endeavor has been. It wasn't part of the "life plan." And if you've made it this far reading into my story, thank you. Your interest in my business and what I have to say really means the world to me and keeps me grounded on the days where the breathlessness of owning a new business seems too much.
I've always had a love for flowers. I worked in a flower shop briefly in college and knew it was a hobby that would always be a part of my life. After getting my college education and beginning my career in teaching, I thought I was settled in to what would be the career I would do for the rest of my life. Teaching is not only my first love, but it is my calling. After the birth of my beautiful daughter, I found myself in a life changing year that would stretch me personally- but especially financially.
As the dust of that year began to settle, I was left with the harsh reality that teaching doesn't provide a suitable income for a single mom. In fact, it doesn't provide a suitable income for anyone- but that is a soap box for another day. Transparently, I spent many nights looking at job openings and dreading having to leave a profession I loved so much. After what felt like the 400th job application, I felt God tell me that He wanted me to trust Him. That trust led me to this truck and these flowers.
So here I am. Trusting this new journey to spark joy and peace for my family and trusting that somehow a middle school English teacher will be able to flourish in a new business while juggling all of the other things.
I'm still very much stumbling my way through trusting God with the "big things" in my life, like this business. Blame the control freak in me, but each day, I have to make the intentional effort to give God back the room to work, move, and design my life in the way that only He can.
This tiny truck and the flowers it carries represents so much to me. I could go on and on, but I'll end with my hope moving forward. I hope that somehow through a bouquet of flowers, you might be able to connect with a God who designed you and cares for you, just as He so carefully did with each blooming stem you will see on my tiny truck.
Thank you for your support.
I hope to see you very soon.
XOXO, Sara West