It maybe beacause I'm 32 weeks PG, but I was moved by this programme.
Mr Bubble and I stood, in January 2005 - with me 8 months Pg with twins - in the building site that was to become our daycare nursery in Richmond. The nursery was due to open in May 2005 with me as the cook/chef/menu planner and shopper and Mr Bubble as the admin/maintenance/stand-by cook. We had employed a manager to 'set-up' for us.
One of our twin sons died during a f*d up labour (undisputed by the hospital, BTW, and they have since accepted negligence.) We were very different people by the time the nursery opened. Opening a new business is difficult enough....combining it with grief and three children to look after is especially so.
Fast forward to today. After having had to take a week off with pregnancy related backpain. Sciatica caused by SPD. Ouch! I went back to cook today.
I am so proud of our ten staff. Despite being relative newcomers, we have managed to employ ten of the most decent, conscientious and reliable people we could ever have hoped to meet. I spent this morning in the kitchen, preparing,serving and clearing up after lunch, but had to admit defeat by this afternoon. I asked our manager if there was any way that someone else could cover tea for me and, within minutes, the cavalry had arrived. No 'brown-nosing'... but it was covered.
Anyway, I digress......
The woman on the programme tonight was upset that during the set-up of her business she had spent very little time with her 12 YO daughter.
My 18 month old son, who comes to the nursery with us, loves his 'room leader' to distraction. It did hit me today that he ran to her, arms outstretched, while I was still in the room. Felt more than a bit TBH... but then realised how lovely she must be for him to want to do this. I spent so much time with DS1 and DS2 that I and Mr Bubble were 'the only ones.'
I suppose this is the pay-off?
Thanks for listening.