08/27/2026
Whenever you start an adventure like I did with Grove Road Native, you have high hopes. Everyoneās going to understand the concept. Everyoneās going to connect with it. Everyoneās going to want a piece of it. Every idea will be a good one, orders will come every day, and somebody will always be asking when they can get something.
But thatās not reality.
Not everyone gets it. Not everyone understands what youāre trying to do. Not everyone has the same memories you do.
Thereāll be weeks you sell something every day and weeks you donāt sell anything at all. Thereāll be days youāre convinced you need to give it up, and days you know thereās no way you can.
Some days people love the shirt, the koozie, the keychain. Other days you just canāt seem to make anybody happy. The color isnāt right. The picture isnāt right. They like it, but not that much.
And then there are days like today.
After months of going back and forth, trying to get something right, you finally see it sitting in front of you. A hatāor in this case, a whole bunch of themāthat looks exactly how you pictured it. Something you look at and think, Hell, if I saw that somewhere, Iād buy one.
And suddenly, itās another one of those days when you know you canāt quit. You canāt give up. Because maybe you really are onto something.
I already know some people wonāt like them. Some wonāt want one. Theyāll be too simple, too much, too many choices, not enough choices. Thatās part of it.
But I like āem. Iām proud of āem. And Iām damn excited to finally share the newest piece of Grove Road Native with yāall.
The hats are here.
