In April of 2020, CM store owner Sherri Mosley interviewed her mother, Gail Smith, right here in the store. With everyone stuck at home during the early days of the pandemic,  they got creative, reminiscing and sharing stories, posting this time together at the store on Facebook.

“My mother (Sherri’s grandmother) was a seamstress, and a darned good one! She used to make everything she wore — and everything I wore! She even made Sheri's prom dress. Of course, growing up I would say I wanted a store-bought dress, all my friends had store-bought dresses!” laughed Gail. “Then she was tempted to make a blazer. As she was sewing on the collar she said, ‘If I ever live to finish this jacket, I will never sew again! And she stood at her word!”

Sadly, Sherri lost her mother in 2021, making that moment together even more treasured, and poignant. In Gail’s honor, Sherri is starting a new Carl Meyers Mothers Day tradition! This year, store manager Haley Gatewood shares a mother-daughter conversation with her own mother, Faye Gooding. Close relationships are central to our boutique’s identity, and the reason why we feel our customers are Carl Meyers extended family.