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My Friend And His Metal Sign

Metal sign advertising is a lifelong investment.

Holidays always remind me of family. Whether it be the 4th of July, Christmas or the upcoming Memorial Day, I always seem to reflect on my family during these special times of the year. I have immediate and extended family members in states all across America. My family is spread out across every region of America. From my dad's brothers and sisters in Alabama, Utah, Connecticut and South Carolina to first cousins in California, Minnesota, Florida and Texas, my relatives never cease to keep my options open for new places to visit. In fact, since I have so many relatives living in different locations, I virtually never am able to see each relative in the same place at the same time. My grandparents usually end up scheduling family reunions about every two years, and they do a fantastic job of guilt tripping everyone into making the journey to their home in North Carolina. I always try to make this trip, as I enjoy catching up with everyone and learning about the new things that are happening in each person's life.

My dad is a prankster.

Family reunions with my relatives are a lot of fun. My grandmother always cooks her best meal, my Uncle Bill prepares a bar and makes sure everyone has a cocktail and my grandfather, after he has eaten, begins telling stories about my dad and my aunts and uncles. This storytime lasts most of the night, as everyone likes to chime in with his or her own account of what happened. This is always my favorite part of the reunion because I always get to hear a new story about something embarassing that my dad did when he was a teenager. The best story that my Uncle Jimmy tells is about the time my dad was supposed to wear a tuxedo to pick up his Aunt Sally from the church on her wedding day. The way my uncle recalls the story is that Aunt Sally and her new husband John were exiting the church to get in the limousine having been married for all of ten minutes, and instead of their driver (my father) wearing the nice white tuxedo that Aunt Sally had picked out, he was instead wearing a full body gator costume complete with teeth and a scaled tail. Aunt Sally did not think this stunt was funny. However, according to my uncle, the rest of the people at the wedding, though somewhat baffled, thought it was hilarious. My dad is now a doctor and all of his years practicing medicine have humbled him, so I always let out a little chuckle everytime I think of him being such a trickster.

My grandmother tells the same story at every reunion.

My grandmother is a sweet, sweet lady. She loves to cook and always makes sure that everyone is happy and feels at home. She also enjoys talking about the day that I was born. I have heard this story so many times now that I feel like I can give a first person account of every detail about the day I was born. She always begins by describing every detail about the weather that day. It was a firecracker of a Monday and the sky looked like it was going to open up at any second throughout the day, though it never rained. My grandmother likes this story because I share the same birthday with my older cousin Martha. My mother and father were at Martha's tenth birthday party when my mother said it was time to go to the hospital. Martha was really excited to get a new cousin for her birthday that year. In fact, Martha still lights up every time she hears my grandmother tell the story about our shared birthday.

I share my passion for reading using a metal business sign.

I've been my own boss for the better part of a decade. I run a bookstore on a busy street in New York City and I love being able to share my passion for reading with my customers. When I first opened my store, I had no idea how I should spread the word in order to build a customer base with whom I could share my passion, as this was my first solo business endeavor. I talked to my friend Jack and he suggested that I create my own metal sign. He told me he liked advertising with custom metal signs because they allowed him to be really creative. I took his advice and designed a sandwich board style metal business sign to display by the street in front of my store. This metal sign was my first attempt at advertising my store, and I still use the metal sign today, ten years later.

Family reunions make me think of my custom metal sign.

I would imagine the reason I told you about my family reunions is because I compare my grandmother's ability to recount the day I was born with my ability to recount the day I first started using metal signage to promote my bookshop. It was the first beautiful day in an April that had been unusually rainy and cold. I had a Thai dish for dinner that night because there was a Thai restaurant located next door to where I bought my business signage. I could keep going with my description of the day, but I'll spare you the details that probably only I find interesting. My custom metal sign has been with me through all of the trials and tribulations of owning my own business, and I'm happy to say that the sign is still with me today.