The mess started with a phone call on a quiet morning, right when I finally thought life was opening up for me. For fifteen years, I’d poured everything into my flower shop, Bloom & Blossom. Early markets, weddings that stretched into the night, holidays spent arranging centerpieces for other people’s celebrations — it had been my whole world. Selling it wasn’t easy, but I knew it was time. I wanted space, freedom, and maybe even the chance to reinvent myself. The money from the sale wasn’t millions, but it was enough to breathe for the first time in a decade. I was sitting at my kitchen table, coffee in hand, thinking about traveling or going back to school, when my sister Lisa called…..CONTINUE READING IN BELOW