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Rachael Hanson's avatar

Whatever you choose to do, I’ll be rooting for you. If it happens to be pie, all the better (mostly for me and my tummy). I can’t wait to see what’s next!

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Rachel Swan's avatar

What a gift you are friend. ❤️

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Shelly's avatar

Aaah sharing joy! (and grief) ♡

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Rachel Swan's avatar

And everything in between! ❤️❤️❤️

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Kim Olstad's avatar

No need to apologize or even rationalize- I’m simply delighted to read/hear from you when you find it right. Peace.

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Rachel Swan's avatar

Thank you friend. Beautiful reminder. ❤️

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Lisa's avatar

YOU, have always been a light to so many…even when you didn’t see it or feel it yourself.💜 You gave my mom and I joyful “ pie dates” every Thursday afternoon ( oh how she loved your peach pie) during what turned out to be her last 3 months of life; we are forever grateful for that and will always be cheering you on, with whatever you pursue. You got this!!!💜💜💜

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Rachel Swan's avatar

Lisa, I will for as long as I live, cherish you, your mom, and the picture of her you shared. You have no idea the impact YOUR STORY has made.

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Henning Diane's avatar

Congratulations! So happy for you. I will tell my friends. Not really clear where you are going to be.

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Rachel Swan's avatar

It’ll get more clear, promise. We’re still building the thing. But I love your enthusiasm.

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jacque's avatar

"We still don’t have a plan to solve the demand issue"

The Amazon's et al. of Global capitalism have really fed the unrealistic expectations around products, their availability and distribution. A global economy is not it, and I see you as one small someone who is fighting against that concept and attempting to steer us back toward a hyperlocal economy, which just happens to be what we need if we are going to survive *gestures wildly* this.

I've been in this since nearly the beginning and have happily taken part because of the above, and also because I am fully willing to accept the joy of one your pies on whatever schedule the universe dictates. Maybe that's living in the now, idk.

All of this to say: love your pie, love what you are trying to be in the world, love Pie & Mighty. Y'all are perfectly imperfect.

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Rachael Hanson's avatar

THIS. Small businesses, heck big businesses, run out of products all the time. Restaurants 86 items on the menu when they sell out. We should expect that there is only so much of a good thing. And then run as fast as we can towards it when it’s available. For those of us with weird schedules, having the lottery was lovely. If that isn’t how you work again, that’s how it is. This is your vision.

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Rachel Swan's avatar

We don’t know what will replace the lottery, but it will be full of love and the very best of intentions. And that will be enough. ❤️

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Rachel Swan's avatar

I wish there were a love for this. I did take the liberty and cross post to instagram. ❤️ thank you friend, so much, for getting it.

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John Wroten's avatar

Life is messy, full of joy, pain, sucess, failure and unanswered questions. We spend so much time searching for our best selves we sometimes leave very little time to just enjoy being our flawed self. I am so happy that you have found a place that gives you space to be who you truly are a human being who brings joy to us flawed individuals who enjoy eating some pie on our journeys to where ever we are going regardless of where we have been. So always remeber no matter what mistakes you may or may not have made, your wisdom, humility, grace, love and pie are a gift to all us whose journey's have been fortunate enough to have crossed paths with yours!!

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Rachel Swan's avatar

Our flawed self: YES! Beautiful. Messy. Imperfectly being. Thank you John! See you soon! 😉

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Wendi Zelkin Rosenstein's avatar

I get grief. My best advice is to stay in the present which is exactly what you are doing. When the past rambles non stop in your head it sucks. Try to remember your bliss. Find that state of awe. You’ve got this my friend.

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Rachel Swan's avatar

Sage wisdom. Thank you friend. Looking forward to seeing your smile too.

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Dee's avatar

I love all of this. And also my long-time friend is in a band with the lovely human who owns Tandem Vintage's partner. So now I have even more reason to go to the par-tay! 😍

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Rachel Swan's avatar

Yaaaaaay! 🙌 I’ll get to see that amazing smile and the face it lives on!

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