Amanda Dorsey

Destiny's Call

I never expected to gain So Much at such a bargain. I was in it for the love of the hunt, yet somehow I knew my day that day wasn’t ordinary, but it was oddly familiar. As I strolled the isles of our local flea market, I saw many of my old colleagues. See, I had once had a Friday/Saturday store there. I knew all of the vendors, some of them being my closest friends, and well, since moving into the newly rented space in the newly built strip mall, I guess it was seen as a lateral move. I had made it! But my highs were stifled, and the fall of failure could be devastating, this dichotomy of high and low was always in focus in the town I was raised. My old friends and colleagues didn’t know I was struggling to get by. Every week I spent hours trying to find new ways to stay afloat. I had maybe a few months left to get it right, but my confidence was waning. My business concept was solid, my items one of a kind, but unsurprisingly, The pandemic had really hit us hard. Being that people were stuck at home, at first they really wanted to bring the beauty of great finds into their homes, but as the months dragged on, people struggled-and so did we.