My very sweet hubby posted pictures of our little one a few days ago to let everyone know she was here. I'm so thankful to have him and the rest of my family here to help with little one and the baby while I recover. We are all doing well. I am resting a lot, and Olivia has been sleeping between 3-4 hours at a time. I have also been able to list a few things each day and reopened my stores a few days ago. I already have a few orders to pack and am getting back into the swing of things slowly. I feel very blessed with the family God has given me.
My hubby also mentioned that I had some complications that we weren't expecting, and this is actually the topic I'd like to touch on today. My complication was that a few hours after the delivery I started hemorrhaging and they had a difficult time getting it to stop. It happened so quickly that my they were unable to take me out of the hospital room and my family had to listen to what was going on behind a closed curtain. Thankfully my hubby was there to hold my hand. I ended having to get a blood transfusion of several pints and had to be closely monitored for several days.
Why am I telling you this?
Because for me it made a lot of things much more clear. Life is short and for me, being able to be a stay at home mom is a top priority, if only for a few years until both of my kiddos are in school. This is a dream of mine since my son was born 3 years ago. My hubby has not on board with this dream of mine all of this time, he didn't think that I would be able to sell enough to make up for my teaching salary. However, since we have come home from the hospital he is backing me one hundred percent. I'm very excited to sit down together and make a plan so that dream can come true one day soon.
I also thought about what would have happened to my family had they not been able to get the bleeding stopped. There were a lot of things left unsaid and unplanned because you don't think of things like this happening to you. My hubby has no idea how to access any of my online accounts, how to close my selling accounts, etc. What would he do with all of my stuff? If I left it for my children, who would run it until they were old enough to? If I had been too sick to run things for more than a few weeks like I had planned, I didn't have anyone trained to ship, list, etc for me.
It's not something that I want to think about, but something that I need to think about.
What would your family do if something happened to you?
My first plan is to train my step daughter and my hubby how to pack and ship items for me.
Then I would like to make a business notebook for my family that tells them:
where my items are stored "listed and unlisted"
where I sell things, and what the passwords are
how to put my account on vacation or how to close my accounts
bank information
tax information
Do you have a back up plan for your business?
Suggestions for something I missed?
Another blog post I've read about preparing for the unexpected
http://www.fruziescollectibles.com/staying-business/
http://www.fruziescollectibles.com/staying-business-physically/
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