My husband and I moved from Colorado to Texas in 2009. Our goal was to open up an antique store and tap into the huge market in this part of the country. When we started Old World Antieks, he was supposed to run the business, and I was going to do what I loved—decorate the store and create vignettes that would inspire people to be creative in their own spaces. What I didn’t count on was a divorce. I went from working at the shop whenever I wanted, doing what I loved, to becoming the owner and operator. I was like a deer in the headlights. All of a sudden, I had twenty people to manage, containers of goods coming in from Europe, payroll and bookkeeping. It was crazy. The first thing I did was run to Target to pick up a daily planner!
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