Monday Morning Encouragement & a HUGE Surprise!
Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!
I know we’re all in Thanksgiving mode this week… but let me say right now, you’re going to want to read all the way to the bottom!
First, I want to say a big THANK YOU again. I know I’ve been saying that a LOT lately, but I really am grateful for all of you! I’ve been blogging since 2007, can you believe it? My first blog was called “A Kiss on the Chic” back in the day when I had a Kit Club and pretty much since then I’ve been sharing my life in this creative world with YOU. Some of you’ve followed my creative journey since those days and it brings me so much JOY to have this little community of women amongst the big “world wide web.” And whenever I feel like I’m writing to myself and wonder if anyone’s reading my posts… one of you sends me an email or makes a comment and it brings a huge smile to my face and is the answer to the “why” behind it all. So let me say AGAIN how GRATEFUL I am to have you in my life. Community is so important and I hope you know that I am always here if you want someone to simply listen or pray for you.
Secondly, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to say THANK YOU back in a tangible way!. I would LOVE the chance to meet all of you, and a lot of you HAVE joined me on a retreat somewhere around the world… But, I got to thinking that if you’ve been wanting to join me at one of our retreats and couldn’t for whatever reason… maybe you’d consider joining me next year for a special occasion!?!
Next June it’s going to be such a HUGE milestone celebration having our first ever Scholarship recipient with us in Bellagio, and I’d really LOVE to celebrate that milestone with all of YOU there too! Now I know I can’t make that a possibility,
But I can do something on my end that might make it a bit easier for you to come. So…
… Drum Roll Please…
For Small Business Saturday, (which is NEXT Saturday, 11/29/25) I’m discounting the June Retreat in Lake Como, Italy by 15% for ONE DAY ONLY!
That’s a HUGE discount, but you have to sign up on that day. It will apply only to next years retreat in Bellagio, Italy May 29 - June 6th. It will apply to either the double occupancy or single occupancy rate you see listed HERE.
Here’s a little video I posted on YouTube about our retreats if you want to have a look…
Friends, we’re NEVER done this kind of discount before, but I felt like I wanted to do something BIG for next year! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m making some changes next year to our retreat in Italy. Changes I’m really excited about because I believe the Lord is opening up ways for these retreats to focus our hearts even more on Him during our time together. And to me, having YOU be a part of this God-sized dream that you’ve prayed alongside with me over the years… well, that would be the biggest JOY ever! (Yup, tears are flowing…)
So, I hope you’ll take this week to pray about it. I’d love to hear from you if you’re thinking about it and I’d love to pray alongside you as well. I have a limited number of spots left for this retreat, so once it says SOLD OUT on the website I won’t have the ability to add anymore spots. If you sign up next Saturday, I’ll send you an email to confirm you got the spot and your discount will be applied to your balance. I’ll send out the welcome email and payment plan as well.
If you have any questions BEFORE Small Business Saturday, please feel free to email me. I’m happy to answer any of your questions!
Here’s the link to Register for the retreat in Italy.
Have a GREAT Thanksgiving week, and a BIG HUG to all of you,
Laura McCollough