Silver Linings

Wendy Wortham and Cindy Daniel are twin sisters who left home at a very young age. The first necessity was being able to eat so they got jobs as waitresses and then continued working in service-related industries over the years. Realizing sales "was where we were going to make our money," they sharpened those skills and spent 30 years selling for various companies. When Wendy's son got married, she realized there weren't affordable options for many people who wanted to plan an event. As Wendy prepared to have a thyroidectomy after a diagnosis of thyroid cancer, she told Cindy, "If I'm alive after this, we're going to start a people over profit-based business and help people like us who don't have family or friends or money and help everyone enjoy a dream event regardless of what their income might be." Cindy described how they encountered people who wanted them to plan an event but had no money, so Wendy rebranded and expanded to start the Pawning Planners. They took trades for event services. Having had many