05/04/2026
There’s really no words to describe the thoughts that have ran through my head while making this decision. This week will be Golden Wave Cafe’s last week open. We will be open Monday-Sunday, 7am to 2pm. ��As a business owner, you’ll see these businesses closing left and right and you tell yourself, “not me” or “we’re gonna be the ones that make it through” and nothing really prepares you when you give it your all and still fail. I haven’t been very transparent as I’d like to be on here because I didn’t want anyone to know what I was going through or dealing with. I didn’t want everyone who doubted me to be right. But the through is, I simply just couldn’t keep up. Losing my business partner and then the reality that the Flora + Ivy building would be getting demolished at some point immediately after was such a punch to my gut. But, I picked back up, I did what I could to rebrand and handle it all on my own. I didn’t want to merge and reopen, I knew I was already burnt out and stressed beyond belief and biting off more than I could chew. But, my employees are my family and I care about them more than anything literally in the world, and I didn’t want anyone to be without a job. So I kept pushing. But the more I pushed myself, the more my mental health suffered. The more my mental health suffered, the more the business suffered. I’ve spent many nights beating myself up over the what ifs. What if the shop had a better owner. What if I was smarter. What if I did more social media. What if, what if, what if. As my employees slowly started growing and moving onto bigger opportunities, the reality that this wasn’t for me got clearer and clearer. I do love coffee. I didn’t before I started my first coffee shop, funny enough. I hardly drank it. But then I started my little old horse trailer turned coffee shop and it opened my eyes to a whole new experience. My journey over the last two years has given me a trailer project, 3 brick and mortar coffee shops and a ghost kitchen. That in itself is a wonderful experience to be grateful for and I will keep those memories and lessons with me for life. I don’t know what I’ll do with our little tiny town building but im choosing not to rush it. I am choosing to take my time deciding, to take a mental health break and to really evaluate what this phase of my life truly looks like 🤍�Since starting these coffee projects, I also started not one, but two nonprofits that I hold dear to my heart that I can’t wait to pour more time into finally. I will keep these social medias up for now until I decide if/when I will start a new project in that building. �Lastly, I just want to say thank you. To our first timers and the OG family. Y’all really stuck with us through the thick and thin and I am so happy to have gotten to know each and every one of you! �That being said, we’d LOVE if you come see us one last time this week. We are phasing out of our items of course, so please understand we may not have every single menu item available as we get down to our last days. ��Much Love ALWAYS�Madi
