Workin' with the hubby!

Today was the first day of a new work environment for me. Today, I started working with my husband. Now we have worked together previously, and clearly we get along well enough to be married for a dozen years now, but working together is something else all together.

I am going to have to say that the biggest hold up in all of this is that I am "the boss" of this little operation, and he is my "right hand man." We have been building up to this day for a while now. He would come in early in the morning and train for a little bit, becoming more familiar with the work environment and how things run. Once we started the training process, that is where things got rocky though.

I knew it would be difficult for me to train him. I have trained my fair share of people previous to him, and most of the people enjoy the experience. I consider myself a nice employer, and maybe even a little too soft at times. This is another ball of wax when it comes to my husband though.

If I use the wrong tone, he takes it as me putting him down, and that is just the start. Eventually I came to terms with the fact that if our marriage was going to survive this chapter, I would need to hand the training over to one of my employees. I knew that he had the basics down, and so someone else was going to need to take it from there.

He has been training for quite a while now. Friday was my morning girls last day, so today was the big day. Guess what? We are both still alive, and I think that we are still even in love. I know that this is only day one, but I do love to spend time with him. Now that I am not telling him what to do, I think he is liking to be there with me too.

We have been so blessed owning this business. God has opened countless doors for us. We have had people come out of the woodwork to help us and love us after our sons type 1 diabetes diagnosis in early December. I stand in awe at the beauty of the human spirit, and the graciousness of God.  I am excited to now share this experience with my amazing husband, and watch our relationship grow in this new journey of life. I think that Tuesday may even be better!