My husband (Jay Fuller) has a lot of ideas. Let’s build a commercial kitchen in our basement so you can bake scones for other people, he says. Let’s get baby doll sheep so they can mow the grass, he says. Let’s build a farm store so that we can have seating for all the people who want to eat your scones, he says.
Slowly but surely, we built a community around farming, baking and serving others.
When he brought these ideas to me in the beginning, I thoguht they wouldn’t work. I am a nurse I told him, I can’t sell anything. Now, we are sellling LOTS of things from our Farm Store every weekend. I am a nurse I told him, I don’t have the time to do _____ (fill in the blank). Invariably, I find the time, as does he, and with Ella’s help, we have been having a fun time of it.
Now, he has convinced me to try something newl. I am going to give it a try. I am going to continue to work on taking care of me- exercise, sleep, nutrition, that goes without saying- I can’t do things for others if I am not healthy and happy myself. I am going to keep baking and working at the Farm Store. I am going to keep being a nurse executive. I have the strength to do all of these things because of him and because of Ella.
So, here’s to the next big thing! Wish us luck! More to come…
