Last spring we were nominated for "Minnesota's Best" business in three categories: Jewelry Store, Place to Buy a Gift, and Speciality Store. During this same season we were wrapping a whirlwind local media tour on Kare11, Fox9, Twin Cities Live and Minnesota Live.Around this same time I began to feel excruciating pain in my body. I'd hit an impasse, a fork in the road. My work was rising, my…