A2: Business

The Make Under My Life blog features an essay by Vicki Honeyman, owner of Heavenly Metal, an Ann Arbor gallery and gift shop. She writes about her business, her upbringing, her struggle with cancer – and gives advice about the life lessons she’s learned: “I own a fabulous store during the hardest economic times I’ve ever experienced in my 59 years. It’s scary. I have no one to fall back on: it’s all me and nobody else. … I fell into what I’m doing now (though it had always been a dream of mine) and though it’s more work than I’d bargained for, and it’s tough tough tough given where I’m located and the economy of my State, I love the task at hand.” [Source]