Happy New Year to all of our amazing John Henry’s customers and followers! Every year, I look forward to the hustle and bustle of the holidays. I love all the parties and family gatherings. I love creating memories with my kids as we work on our homemade Christmas gifts. The end of the year brings so much joy and I love the feeling of a new year full of possibilities. I saw this great quote about the New Year “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one. – Brad Paisley. I love this for so many reasons. The best books are those filled with drama, suspense, joys, sorrow and all the emotions life offers us. Each page holds a twist or a turn and there are so many perspectives. Our lives are our book, each day we have a new page to write our story. Let’s choose to make it a good one. In 2017, at John Henry’s, we wrote a story with some twists and turns. We expanded our farm and spent most of the summer fixing things and getting ready for more animals. We welcomed in a few new team members such as Alicia and Joe, as others left to pursue their dreams. We really shook things up when we started shipping UPS. We went from freezing all of our meats as soon as they were cut to being able to offer fresh meats to our customers. Grandma Pat went from delivering meat orders all over Metro Detroit twice every week to handling our egg delivery and cooler pick up route a few times a month. We are now able to ship our grass fed meats all over Michigan and several other states. We have had to learn and implement so many new systems to make sure everything is the best for our customers. Yes, we have had some hiccups along the way, but our story is a good one. We have an amazing team who has put forth so much extra effort to learn new systems and roll with the change. We also have great customers who have stood by us through it all and continue to provide feedback so we can make positive changes that will help everyone.

This year, we hope to include in our story more ready-made (EZ) meals for our customers who need easy and healthy dinners. We want to also give you more Window 2 the Farm pictures and video’s, along with new farm updates.  New blog posts are also on the agenda. Be on the lookout for categories like: Meal Planning, Kitchen Gadgets, Health, What makes us different, and Meat Cut Highlights. I am hoping to make more short video clips talking about all of our different meat cuts and easy to make recipes. Making video clips is tough, especially with a baby, but it is a big goal of mine to get more videos for you. Speaking of the baby – Lyrra (pronounced Lear –ah) joined our family in June and she loves to come to work with me. Follow us on Facebook for pictures of her hanging out in the office with Alicia. If you hear some crying or giggling when you call us, you will know Lyrra is visiting.

We here at John Henry’s hope and pray this is your best year yet. Let’s all write our own story and make it a good one.

~ Katie