Riddle was commuting an hour each way to a corporate job with Kmart Corp. in Troy. Her husband, also with Kmart, was commuting to Warren. They were all exhausted, and no one was spending enough time with daughter Breayne. Riddle decided to get off the corporate track and start her own business, selling children's clothing. It hasn't meant fewer hours.
Riddle works six days a week, usually as the sole employee in the shop.
But the change has meant that another mother at Breayne's school can bring her to the shop after classes, and that mother and daughter have more time together. She still pays the bills and does the paperwork, and she handles the shopping for groceries and gifts. If it wasn't for him, my house would be a disaster. Even without the shop, Riddle would have a full-time schedule. She teaches Sunday school to kindergartners and missionary classes to sixth-grade girls on Wednesdays and adults one Tuesday a month.