Happy ending!

Once upon a time, I got sick and tired of working in a world where I was not able or allowed to fully use my talents. Now that I think about it, using your talents in corporate America is a big no-no, unless you are on the top rung and even they need  to conform. We must comform...NOT! As a bottom rung corporate worker for some years, I guess I forgot just what my talents were.  We all have God given talents, you know?

It all started by mistake. On the way back from visiting my fiancé, Kip in Raleigh for a week, I had all the radio stations keyed in to my favorite music. As I got closer to Richmond, I didn’t feel like reprogramming so, I put in a Mary Chapin Carpenter CD. Later that week on my way home from shopping, I got tired of Mary and switched back to the radio. The radio was set to what is a Christian music station here, 90.5 Positive Per. The music was sweet, slightly familiar and very clear so, I kept it on.

When the music was over, a man started to speak about end times. Revelations…this is when I said “oh, a Christian station, I could use some encouraging words.”  I left it on and took the long way home.

Six months prior I was laid off from a job that I felt was so cathartic, rewarding and encouraging. I worked for a company that was dedicated to ‘rescuing’ high school drop outs from many states. I was working remotely for a  rep in Michigan, making her appointments by pre-selling our innovative program to school superintendents, principals, guidance counselors and basically anyone in the public school system that would listen to my plea. Yes, my ‘plea’, you see, I was a drop out myself years ago. I got my GED at 36 and went on to college.  I went back to school to study horticulture technology several years ago. I was just about 6 credits from my degree when I got a call from my friend who worked for this startup company and wanted me to apply for a position as well. I finished my semester and went right to work for them. I also organized and coordinated trade shows and conventions which to me was a fun and creative way to escape the slamming phones and dead ends of cold calling.

The man on the Christian radio spoke with such grace and eloquence that I hung on his every word. The story he told was about our judgment day and what God wants and expects from all of us. God is not going to stand in judgment of our good or bad life here on earth, he said. “We all make our choices to be in heaven or hell right here on earth. Nope, God is going to have us stand before him asking a very simple question. Did you use your talents I gave you or did you waste them?” Whoa! Use my talents? Waste my talents? I never had a choice really…I was a single mother for so many years; I got use to towing the line for other companies that would pay me a steady wage.  That was the very moment that Domestic Touch was born! I recall going home to Kip and telling him the story and what I had planned. I called my son and told him as well. I was so excited, for days I think I told everyone and continue still!

Kip is the one that put the whole thing in prospective for me, creating my website with the help of his daughter, Breanna and financial plan. It was Kip that suggested the idea to hire the best workers possible and simply manage the company using my talents! I have been eating and living a natural and fairly organic lifestyle for many years now. So, naturally I have created my own natural products for cleaning and disinfecting my own home. I have worked hard for many start ups and am no stranger to the many details that come with marketing, advertising, hiring, managing and branding one.

My ‘revelation’ has now turned into a reality. Domestic Touch uses all natural ingredients for cleaning and disinfecting homes. I have a crew of contractors that have been meticulously chosen, screened for criminal backgrounds and trained to clean using the natural way. We are licensed, registered, bonded, insured and reliable. Many of the people that will clean your home with Domestic Touch are professionals who are tired of using chemicals. They all have their stories about chemical burns on their hands and even in their nostrils! Frightening and unnecessary health hazards are easily avoided when you put thought to living and cleaning naturally.

Go green with us! Call Domestic touch at 804 303 9570 for a free estimate. Whether you want a deep cleaning every few months or a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly surface cleaning; we do it…Naturally!