04/27/2025
ＳＥＡＳＯＮＳ — there’s so many seasons to life but at some point, each season comes to an end and a brand new one begins. 🤍
In August of 2022, I gave birth to our 3rd (earth side) baby. At the time, I ran a repair shop with my husband. It was loud, dirty and stinky - no place to bring a baby to work with me so as I sat on the couch nursing Coco one night, the idea of Coco + Bros Co. sparked within me. (If you know me at all, you know I love shopping for my kids and cute kids clothes. 😅) That spark grew and moves were made. I got the keys to 115 Scottsville Rd. on December 6, 2022 and through lots of work, patience, blood, sweat and tears, the home of C+B’s was created.
Our Grand Opening was May 13, 2023 - the day before Mother’s Day. So fitting considering when we first started, we catered to mamas and babies. Through that year, our direction was forced to change and expansion was demanded. That demand continued into 2024 and we rolled with it. We remodeled a 2nd time and really focused on the curb appeal. Oh how I have loved my little corner at 115 and creating her beauty. 🥹
January 2, 2025, as the New Year began, I desperately prayed for the Lord to lead me in the direction I needed to go. I had felt restless and lost without the proper guidance — or rather my lack of going to the Lord for guidance sooner. Later that evening, I secretly took a pregnancy test because I felt I needed to and there it was. That ever so faint line that signified a big life change was coming. I got an almost instant answer to the prayer I prayed earlier that day, the Lord started guiding me.. and I fought it. He is my Creator and He knew it would take hurt and heartbreak for me to start to let go of the thing I loved so much, I’m stubborn like that and He knew it. Day by day, my joy and peace at C+B’s slowly chipped away until one day, it was all I could feel - PEACE, because I finally accepted what needed to be done. The overflowing of tears began — Sadness, relief, happiness, peacefulness I had been longing for.. so many emotions.
I have loved every part of serving the beautiful families and kids in Lafayette, surrounding areas and even faces I never met but supported C+B’s online from states away! I have loved event days and the excitement of changing the storefront into something new and magical for each season (Christmas being a staff fav!). I have loved finding my girls and the lasting bond not only I share with them, but also my kids who see them as family, which means more to me than they realize. I have loved the friendship and support from fellow small business owners and customers, many of which have become close friends. I have cherished the smiles, the tears both happy and sad, the memories made, the lessons learned (even the hard ones) and the discernment given to see the true colors of myself and those around me.
While all of this love is true, I have missed so much and slowing down to realize that fact has broken me to my core. My babies are growing at an unfair, rapid pace and I have been SO caught up with serving the community that I have been too busy to fully serve the most important blessings I have been given - my family. Finding out baby Charlotte is coming opened my eyes to that fact. I’ve been so worried about bringing a newborn baby home during the beginning of the busiest season for retail - Fall. I was worried about balancing a new mom + baby AND family routine, on top of running C+B’s the way it demands. The answer is - I can’t do both fully and I am not the kind of person who likes doing things halfway. My heart has been torn for months now but one thing I know to be absolutely certain, God speaks to us in personal ways that we need to be able to understand Him. For me, it truly does take a beating sometimes when I refuse to listen to the subtle nudges. So He put things in my path that would force me to resent what I loved and let it go.
HOME is where I need to be in this season of my life and I am ok with that. I’m excited to fully embrace motherhood again and live simply, at a pace that fits my own babies and my mental health. What hurts me to let go of C+B’s is ALL OF YOU & daily interaction with my girls. Hence my heart being so torn. 💔 lots and lots of “Lord help me” prayers and lots of tears finally brought me relief and lead me to this HARD FOUGHT decision…
May 10, 2025, the day before Mother’s Day, the same weekend C+B’s started will be our Final Farewell. This is the most bittersweet decision I have ever made and I hope that you all will understand and support this choice, I promise it was not made lightly.
Beginning tomorrow, April 28th — May 10th, PLEASE use any outstanding gift cards. These can be used both in store and online. You will need the code under the QR code to use gift cards online - if you have any trouble using your gift cards online, reach out to us and we will assist! For obvious reasons, everything will be FINAL SALE. We will operate under regular business hours until 4pm on Saturday, May 10th, and then we will be, and permanently remain, closed to the public including online.
If you’re still reading, I’m sorry this ended up as lengthy as it did. THANK YOU for being here, on this journey with me. Thank you for allowing me to follow a dream and supporting it. I had true fear of feeling like I failed but the only true failure for me would be to miss out on the life I prayed so hard for during our battle with infertility - motherhood. Thanks be to God, He has blessed us with another opportunity to bring new life into this world in September and now, I won’t be having to rush and miss the moments that become memories. 🤍
With every ounce of my love and gratitude,
Tanya ♥︎
