My name is Tanesha, owner of Pearl Unique Boutique. We have been in business for 2 years and the business is based around my grandmother who raised me. I am from South Carolina and I moved to GA June 2013 to be with my fiancé. We first started this business up selling out of our cars back in SC around 2009-2010 me and my cousin. Our name back then was Pearls Girls and we use to be on our grind really hard and we had our grandmother right along getting us all the sales and having the pop up shops. She raised us up right on how to go out and handle your business and the right way because she always said no one is going to get it for you. She would always tell us to go out and follow your dreams and your heart. Then things got slow for us and I decided to move to GA to be closer to my fiancé because we had been dating long distance her 2 years. When I talked with my grandmother about leaving she was so excited for me and she encouraged me to go and make my dreams come true. Well I didn't know that when she was telling me all this it was the last time I would see her again. I moved June 2013 and everyday I would talk with to and from work just telling me daily that she so proud of me and she know that greater is coming for me I just have to be patient. Then on July 2013 I got the phone call at work that no one would ever want to receive. Yes, my grandmother was called home to Heaven. This was so devastating to me I didn't know what I was going to do. My body was numb and when I had to drive 5 hours to be with my family, pull in the driveway where all my memories we shared, and knowing that I am not going to see her come to that door again. From that day forward I just prayed and asked God to shield, cover and strengthen me. I knew I had to get over this but how and that's when I heard her voice in my ear telling me to not stop take control over yourself and keep pushing forward because I will always be here with you. I knew then that I had to start what I stopped and that's serve my purpose. So I started me an online store and said to my fiancé why not a boutique online for ladies of all styles and lets name it something special. So I thought over and over what could be so special and it hit me. Pearl Unique Boutique, a name that describes me always being my own Unique self and Pearl for my grandmother name. So we put it all together Pearl Unique Boutique. This is my story.
