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Everything Happens for a Reason~~~Dec 23, 2020

 The end of the year is approaching and I came across something interesting as I was gathering my thoughts. The things that I want to manifest in my life I normally keep them a secret or share them with only a few friends. I'm a strong believer in "moving in silence". 

So I only shared this news with a handful of people but I was working toward opening a café business in Tokyo. In Japan, in order for a foreigner to start a business they need a business manager visa (if they don't already have a visa) and in order to obtain that visa they need to invest $50,000 ( 5 million yen) into that said business. I can't say what type of café it was but it was geared toward foreigners and Japanese interested in English. Ah and it wasn't a English language café. 

I had already prepared a business plan, negotiations with potential investors, start up fees, consulting with different lawyers and I was getting ready to finally find a suitable location that was willing to rent to a foreigner, but believe it or not, that's when I suddenly became pregnant.

At the time I knew the business idea would always be there, especially with the Olympics being just around the corner. So I decided to put a halt to all of my plans. Consulting fees were lost but that money was little compared to how badly I wanted to give birth to this little girl.

The pregnancy reveal was around September 2019 and I left Japan October 1st of that same year. I just wanted to be pregnant in the support of my family and I felt scared being in Japan by myself while suffering through the worst morning sickness, headaches, backaches and slight depression. I didn't want any stress but trying to avoid it made me even more stressed out. And I was so incredibly afraid that the stress would cause me to lose the baby.

So I thought the best course of action was to protect my baby by protecting my heart, mind, and spirit. So I went to be with my family. 

I had put my business plan on the backburner, not  feeling any sense of regret- even after so much planning.

Let me tell you God was protecting me!

March 2020, the Pandemic started rearing it's ugly head.

At that time no one knew the severity of Covid-19. Many people thought it would just come and go. But once boarders started locking down, businesses started shutting down, lay off's were made, deaths were being reported and "stay at home" orders were placed, it became apparent that no one was going anywhere for a while.

Although my daughter has every right to claim her Japanese citizenship because of her other Japanese national parent. I didn't want to take the risk to travel with her until I felt absolutely certain she would be safe. 

Soon we heard that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would be postponed and it still didn't hit me at that time that I dodged a major bullet.

Everything happens for a reason! God blessed me with a new family member and he protected me from losing thousands of dollars.

My business plan was actually geared to foreign visitors, so I didn't realize until today just how thankful I am that I also postponed my business plans to start a little family with my adorable baby.

She is a blessing in so many more ways than one. 

EDIT: I just realized that I spoke a lot about "business plans" on my IG...one example.s

However it all worked out in the end. Once things start getting back to normal I'll make my move but for now, I just want to trade and spend time getting to know little Moemi!