It's official. The paperwork to make HeartSong Cookies a REAL business is in the mail. Mike and I decided to submit the paperwork to the state ourselves rather than go through an online legal service. Money is tight and we need to save wherever we can. My emotions have run the gamut today. From excitement and joy to extreme fear. This step makes it REAL...VERY REAL.
It's not the work that scares me. Or even concern over the number of cookies I will sell. I am a little overwhelmed with the monthly commercial kitchen rental fees, but feel somehow the money situation will work itself out. What concerns me the most is self doubt. I am worried that my cookies will stand out in the crowd. I want them so much to be good...no GREAT! The comments from my clients and friends over the last year should have given me the confidence I need. But nooooooooo, I still am consumed with self doubt.
Tonight I am baking cookies for friends. M & M Cookies without nuts for Sarah just came out of the oven to cool. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies for Marieta just went in the oven. The smell throughout the house is heavenly. And with every pan taken out of the oven, my confidence grows. My cookies are not big and thick like Selma's Cookies. They have the look of a homemade cookie...one like mom would make. They are not perfectly shaped. They do not look like they are mass produced. They look like they are made by hand, with love. They look like they contain a bushel full of hugs. They look exactly like I want them to look. They look like a cookie from HeartSong Cookies, LLC. Happy Dance!
Many hugs,
Kathy
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