My initial interest for finding and collecting dates back to my childhood. My Army father's death, six months prior to my birth, led to me being raised by a single mom who had grown up during hard Depression years in rural Alabama. I watched her save, repurpose, and reuse everything she ever owned to make sure my three siblings and I had plenty. When I was in my teens, my mom began attending auctions and estate sales, adding to her many collections of saved treasures. I followed along with her and my love for finding and collecting was sparked! After teaching for 36 years and starting many collections of my own, I knew I wanted to enjoy my retirement by finding and sharing old treasures. (My husband said I definitely had to start sharing if I was going to bring more home! lol) But, I also wanted to make sure my time, finances, and efforts were being spent on something that would have eternal effects. After much praying, God gave me the name and direction for my store,“Turn It Around.” It comes from Zephaniah 3:9 which reads, But God says,“I will turn things around for my people.” He is definitely a ‘turn around’ God and has turned so many situations around for me and my family...I want to share His goodness in all I do! In doing this, God has opened up an avenue that allows me to give to a cause that became close to my heart during my teaching years, that of educating autistic children. A percentage of all profits from this store is donated to an autism education center in hopes that enriched 'turn around' experiences are gained for many sweet children.
Thank you for shopping with “Turn It Around”...I hope you will find just the treasure you are looking for and will shop with me again! (Let me know if there is something in particular you are looking for...I would love to try to find it for you!) Andrea turnitaround3.9@gmail.com