The Lantern Post Antiques & Lamp Repair

        After much soul searching, we have decided to CLOSE the Antique & Lamp Repair Shop. As many of you may know, many may not ~ November of 2004 my daughters Ashlie & Alyssa and I took a huge leap and I left a 20 year career with the Department of Defense and purchased The Lantern Post Herb Shop and Lamp Repair business from long time resident, Emma Wagner. The girls were an intricate factor in making this leap from a job I invested the better part of my adult life to, to being totally responsible for succeeding or failing.  I never had a fear of not succeeding ~ I had so many dreams and desires..... and with me the girls were by my side.  I worked the shop and beside me were my girls ??? for good, bad and the ugly times of mother-daughter?s being together so much and Mom being the boss! But none-the-less memories I will thank God for the rest of my life.

        Just a little over 1 year of owning this wonderful business I lost both my daughters in a car accident there in this wonderful little town I loved ~ Lithopolis. And from that moment hence, I have never been whole and have been struggling to determine ?who I want to be for the rest of my life and how I am to get where I am suppose to be.?

Months had passed and the business trudged along without me for the most part.  Later that year I was offered a position in the same field I held while at DoD ~ and moved to Washington DC to see if I could find myself  ~ both financially and spiritually. I traveled back and forth to Ohio and found myself praying that one day I could get all my finances cleaned up and back on my feet and to again run the shops.

      The summer of 2008 the individual I trusted to run the Herb Shop gave me their 2-wk notice and took a position with another Health Shop.  I was heartbroken, but I also accepted what was handed me. But then within a few weeks an individual approached me and wanted to purchase the Herb Shop. How wonderful! This wonderful business that helps so many people will remain open! Three months later, the new owner shut her doors and walked away ??.

Now 1-year later after many changes at the shop we opened up the 2nd floor where the Lamp Repair Shop once was and filled it with antiques thanks to Donna and all her dedication of making sure that every change was just perfect. We brought the lamp repair shop into the 1st floor and The Lamp Lady (Sharyn) was at her glory ~ the shop was looking wonderful! The gardens were revamped (thank you Heidi ? you are truly a blessing), the entire building was painted and the shutters pop with The Lantern Post - Green, the back garden building was rented to a wonderful couple (Bryan and Tina) who operate The Computer Shack, and the Nature?s Barn, (Charlotte) who once was located in the garden building moved up front to where the herb shop once was.  Things are looking up! And leaving now, while the property is at its glory, I feel is the best position to leave it by. This is what makes the decision to close the shop so difficult. But also recognizing that economically, times are horrific, and trying to run a shop with being out of town for employment purposes is most draining.

     I am not a city-girl and I do not see myself calling DC or Northern VA 'home', as 'home' is where your heart is. And my love will always be in small-towns Lithopolis & Canal Winchester where I lived and raised my girls for over 20 years ?? but times have changed, and with those changes decisions had to be made, as difficult as it was.

    I want to thank all of you that have become friends and extended family to us during our fantastic run at small biz ownership ~ All of you will be greatly missed.

   Here?s to all the wonderful memories we have made and to those that will be made ~ may God bless us all!

Leslie Fisher