“Transferred the $$ to cover tomorrow’s paychecks?”
“Yup — but only had enough for net pays.”
“NP, we’ll deal with the taxes next pay period.”
“FYI, can’t pay for water polo reg because the acct is drained.”
“Kk. I’ll tell coach. We ok to pay the mortgage this month?”
This was my twice-monthly text exchange with my husband over the last year.
Two foreclosure scares and multiple family-and-friend loans later, with savings and college funds drained, we threw in the towel and shuttered our private child care business, Panache Enfants.
Our business had already begun eroding in a post-pandemic economy. Then came universal TK, signed into policy in 2021. The state funding added half day of classes for 4-year-olds in public schools — and inadvertently intensified the existing pressures on private child care businesses.
In 2013, as an ambitious young couple, we had dreams of transforming the child care space. We wanted to deliver an exceptional program while keeping it simple and focusing on people.
Along with being an educator, I became a local small business owner, primarily employing young women. Two years in, we were graduating 24 children to kindergarten, and our inbox filled with notes of gratitude. We, and our community, were thriving.
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