to finally see your store. joe s family business, monterey basil ver. we ve been here 15 years. is one of four independent jewelry stores next to each other he and his wife mary own and operate. i m mary. it s so nice to meet you. nice to meet you. we are thrilled to be here today. i m thrilled to have you. so i saw this silver store. what s the name of this one? this is morning star pearl. targeting older women and a silver shop targeting younger ones. this is called splash. splash is less about an age group and more about fun. and then there s the most recent store called everything must go. filled with various leftovers at close-out prices appealing to bargain hunters of all ages. how did this happen? how you have one, then another and another one? is it just that space kept opening up? i don t know. it sort of progressed that way. i didn t i never plan too much. the reason we re here is
because your son wrote us a letter. my parents gave everything to give to us so that we would have a leg up in this world and have never asked for something in return. they are both now 64 and 65 years old without a retirement nest egg to rely on. it sounds like you guys, your whole life, your married life and business life flown by the seat of your pants. true. it s true. of course. is that how you see it? absolutely. you are making a nice living. something happened tomorrow, right, you don t have anything put away yet. yeah. i think it s time to think about that. planning for the future has never been joe and mary s style. but with retirement on the horizon, they now suddenly need a strategy. and we came in to give them one. on behalf of your children then, i am excited to get this team in here. i know you have been talking to them, and have them tell what you they thought through for your business so that at some point you guys can retire. oh, my god. now it s time t