In 1978, my husband took over a small septic system installation and maintenance business when his father retired. I was working part-time and raising three kids full-time, along with trying to make the business transition run as smoothly as possible. Little did I know that this new job would become a 60-hour-a-week obsession with on-call duties in the supposedly off hours. Home and officeWe’ve always run our business from our home. It was wonderful to be able to stay home with my children when they were small and to be available for them most of the time when they became
