be home.”
“Why Fridays?”
He hesitated. “Olive said I always work on the fun days.”
I looked at him. “You remembered that.”
“Of course I did.”
“Then start telling me the things you remember before you build a solution around them.”
Building a Future That Includes Both of Us
The next morning, I went out on my own.
I toured a shared workspace and asked about local vendors, the seasonal market, and remote planning. A client called about a delivery problem, and I handled it right there on the sidewalk.
Moving would be hard. But it wouldn’t erase my career.
That night, I set my notes in front of Ben.
“If we do this, we do it together. We don’t move until Olive finishes the school year. I finish every event I’ve already booked. We budget for rebuilding my business, and I decide how that transition happens.”
“Agreed.”
“Your schedule
