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Dear Heather,

As my business partner —
I genuinely don’t know how you do it. Somewhere along the way, you took my dream and made it our dream…then somehow made it bigger than I ever could have imagined. You didn’t just help build Pepper & Salt BBQ — you breathed life into it. You turned an idea into something real, something people believe in, something people love.

A lot of people in this world can talk a big game. They can tell you all the things they’re going to do. But very few people execute when things get hard. Very few people put their head down and simply make things happen. You’re different. You operate on a completely different level.

You carried Pepper & Salt BBQ, Pepper & Salt Market, Tossed, and were preparing to open Hogan Yards all while juggling life like it was somehow normal. I’m still trying to understand how one person can physically do all of that. If we weren’t married, you probably would’ve lapped me a few times and left me in the dust building this thing. But to my defense… I can sweep one mean floor. 😂

The truth is, I watch people admire what we’ve built, and I wish they could see what I see. I wish they could see the late nights, the stress, the sacrifices, the weight you carried when nobody was watching. I wish they knew how much of you is inside every single thing we’ve built.

You didn’t create a “BBQ shack.” You built something with soul. You built something with heart. You built something that became a part of people’s lives.

You are exactly who I thought you were when I first met you — except somehow even more. Your drive, your determination, your work ethic, your heart… you’re unmatched.

In the mixed-up words of Tony Montana: “You deserve the world, and everything in it.” Thank you for being you.
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