This past April, my mother and I did a little mommy-daughter trip to the West Coast!  While eating breakfast at our hotel in San Diego, I had my little tablet out to write a couple of emails for my then-new Stella & Dot business, when I saw the email with my acceptance to TAPIF for the fall!!  I was so shocked I couldn’t form words!  This trip will always be extra memorable due to the big news arriving during the vacation, but it was also a really special trip for me in other ways.  For the first time in my life, I got to see the Pacific Ocean! San Diego is one of…