Goodmorning all,

I write this blog post after a long hiatus from writing or uploading anything new onto my website or blog. Today, I announce big changes. After 15 years of running my own business, both in Victoria and in my home town of Montreal, Quebec, I am packing it in. It has been a very difficult decision to make, one that has taken several years, but the decision has been made, and I am at peace. Bittersweet.

As many of my close friends know, the last few years has been most challenging for me. Becoming a single mum entrepreneur in the middle of a recession, in a smallish town, has not been easy. I have pushed long enough, for myself, and for the industry. It is time for me to let go and let my baby fly. I am open to creating new adventures for myself. Photography will remain, in my heart and in everything I do, but will stop being the reason I am awake at night, worrying. I have discovered so many things about myself, about my heart, about living vulnerably.

I am blessed to have so many people who love and appreciate me. This decision was a battle of wits – my ego and my heart – an my friends and loved ones stood right beside me and encouraged me to stay true. I am humbled. I am touched. I am blessed.

I am, as of today, moving forward with an open heart. I am open to new discoveries and applying all the other facets that define me, in another capacity. I will be looking to pursue a creative career in Marketing, Public Relations, Event Planning and/or Communications.

I leave you with some food for thought. The 100-Mile diet. Many of you are familiar with the concept and I would like to encourage all of us to live more sustainably, within our own communities. We all have dollars to spend – spend them wisely, locally as much as possible. Encourage small business, encourage art. You have no idea what butterfly effect you will have in doing so.

And to my industry: don’t give up. Don’t sell yourself short. Things will change, they will just take time. Just because I am pulling away from the front lines does not mean I am disappearing – please call on me for advice and support.

Namaste and love to all,

Véro
xo