I still remember the moment I looked at my saving book when I had only two clients all month. I started my speech pathology (言语病理学) practice in 1998 and gradually       the business to 13 employees. But last year, people were not able to         speech therapy (言语治疗) because of the economic crisis. I cut my own             because I didn’t want to let any of my staff go.         my husband, Brian, lost his job.
We had 11        in all and our oldest four were already       and away from home. We’ve always been interested in food sources and       the kids where their        came from. We love fresh vegetables, eggs or meat directly from small farms, which are safe and       . So we wondered what if we started farming.
When a local farmer         we get some laying hens because there was a market for fresh         , our plan came together. It was scary and       . What if no one bought anything?        people did buy the eggs. The local farmer took eggs to        to his customers, and today he purchases about 20 dozen a week from us.
The children         out, which is important        we already have 270 laying hens and 200 chickens.
The speech therapy business is still          , but I put in less than ten hours a week. I know that on the              , there is life, there is physically satisfying work, and our family members          more to each other. Our quality of life is so much better. I spend most of the day with my children, which I was grateful        . And at night, I have the good feelings that come from working with my hands and doing something positive.

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