A couple of months ago, Kim and I made a very difficult decision.
I'd just been laid off from my teaching job. We had a baby on the way. We had a mortgage payment to make every month.
Kim worked, but she hated her job, and I hated that she hated it. I wished she could quit. So did she. Kim has always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. I wanted that too, but it always felt so far away.
Our dream scenario was one where I could work for myself at home and be able to make enough money in that endeavor, so that Kim could stay home and be able to focus on being a mom.
So, against popular opinion, we did something bold and decided that I would start a graphic design business out of our home, and Kim would just focus on mothering. She would quit her job, and I would design websites.
For the first two months, things were going great. I was still getting paychecks from teaching, because I was paid on a twelve-months schedule. We had a pretty decent amount in savings. To boot, I was getting graphic work, left and right. It seemed like it would continue forever.
But then it didn't.
