If there is a theme that has begun to emerge in the past eleven months as I have chat with people here on the dock, it is that you can trust your heart even when it seems like you are far from a clear path. What I hear over and over again is that when you stay true to what feeds your creative passion and interest, your perfect path unfolds before you in ways you could never have expected.
Talking with ANDREA MOWRY today reinforces this truth.
As you will hear in our conversation above, Drea did not adhere to a set plan or follow anybody’s expectations of what she should do with her life following high school. She simply kept yarn and Elizabeth Zimmerman close at hand while she traveled the world gaining a wide range of experience. And, in that delightful, yet utterly unpredictable, way life has of landing us just where we need to be — Drea returned to her childhood home of Michigan to find it was exactly where she was supposed to be to launch the next phase of her life.
Today, Andrea is married to the love of her life, mother of two and founder of Drea Renee Knits. What I loved learning was how it was the birth of her daughter that was the catalyst for Drea’s launch into the world of knitwear design. Despite being told by well-meaning friends that a newborn would mean the end to her days of knitting, the opposite is what happened.
Plus, we get another glimpse into how amazing Michigan is — I can tell you– Northern Michigan is definitely on my list of places I most want to visit one of these days soon.
Take a listen and see if you don’t find Drea to be rocking the beautiful, soulful, playful, styling life!
bisous, Elizabeth
all photos courtesy of Andrea Mowry
