In Nova Scotia, April cuts my hair. She is the daughter of my builder George. It has been a great pleasure watching her grow her business and get on with the important parts of a life. Now when I visit her in her salon, I arrive and enter a building at the back of her home she calls her Salon. It is modern and fancy and elegant. And it is busy.
April graduated from University with a degree in Graphic Design but she wanted to live in Liverpool so instead of taking a job in Halifax or Calgary, she went back to school to learn to be a beautician and she opened her own Salon. She had just purchased a large old house just at the end of town, which cost a ridiculously small price to buy but that was badly in need of repairs. She and George started in on the house. The first task was setting the living room up as April's Salon. Soon, she started her business, all the while working to renovate the old house.
It did not take long to need more space, so a new building was built at the back of the lot to house a new bigger Salon. In the meantime, April got married and she and her new husband now have a baby. I first met April in 1999 when she had just graduated from University. Now she is a very successful business woman running a full service salon.
The house next to hers is for sale so April and I talked about them buying the house as she needs more parking space, but she will only buy it if the sellers substantially reduce their price. As a good business person, she knows the break-even price whereby she can make the renovations and rent it for a profit. It is a pleasure to see this energy and expertise, right before our eyes in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
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