The Call That Changed Everything

This week, gratitude has one name: Levi.

Thirteen years ago this week, I picked up the phone to make a business call. I had no idea that dialing a number with a Houston area code would turn me into a Texan… or that the man on the other end would become my husband. Honestly? I’m grateful I had the guts to make that call — but I’m even more grateful that he answered a number he didn’t recognize.

Let that be the reminder for all of us during the busiest season of the year:
Sometimes the call you almost ignore is the one that changes your entire life.
Sometimes you are the bright spot in someone’s chaotic day just by picking up.

What I’m grateful for — Levi Edition

1. The courage to make a call — and the grace to take one.
If you’re in sales, business, entrepreneurship, whatever… you get it. We all hesitate before dialing. We all debate whether to answer. That tiny moment of bravery? It’s everything. My whole life looks the way it does because two people said “yes” to a phone ringing.

2. A partner who believes in me — even when my ideas get wild.
Every single chapter of this business, this brand, this new adventure I’m on… he’s been the “of course you can do that” voice in the background. And let’s be honest, that voice matters. Confidence grows differently when someone you love genuinely believes in your talent.

3. Someone who doesn’t just support ambition — he makes space for it.
Travel? He never questions it. Big career swings? He’s already buckled in. Parenting? Fully equal. We follow some conventional rules, but we’ve also built our own rhythm — one where partnership isn’t 50/50, it’s “whatever is needed, when it’s needed.” That’s a gift. Now, when I tell him my upgrades for first class were only $75 he doesn’t believe me. We are normal, after all.

4. Gratitude for the nontraditional, the messy, the beautiful, the real.
Our lives don’t look like a Hallmark movie, and thank goodness. They look like two people figuring it out, cheering for each other, and showing up — even on the days when someone is exhausted, overcaffeinated, or traveling for the 900th time this quarter.

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So yes — this week, my gratitude is for Levi.

For the call I made.
For the call he took.
And for everything that unfolded in the years between.

If you need a sign to dial the number, answer the unknown caller, reach out, or follow the tiny nudge… here it is. You never know what — or who — is waiting on the other side.