I only got to spe nd the first four weeks with my newbor ns before I had to go ba ck to work.
#Cashew station how to#
I g ot married immediately after college, was pregna nt with my firstborn while preparing to op en up the restaurant and did n ot have time to be equipped wi th knowledge on how to raise ki ds. I d id not have any preparation beforehand. So, I went on with it a nd the rest is history.įor new mo ms: “I would have read more boo ks and be better educated to lea rn how to raise kids better. When I arrived to check o ut the restaurant, I felt it w as a good opportunity for me a nd my family (I would handle worki ng the front, and David working in t he back).” A lot of people discourag ed me to not open up Cash ew Station Drive-Thru because they said it wou ld not bring a lot of custome rs due to it being strictly drive-th ru. If the re was one thing you wished someo ne had told you before becoming a restaura nt owner and a mom, what wou ld you tell them?įor new restaurant owne rs: “I am someone who can be pret ty stubborn. Kids have their own w ay of sharing themselves and if y ou don’t accept and open up to th em in their way, you may lo se the relationship with your child.”ħ. But, everything s he learned in school, she would co me and teach me.” (Due to my limit ed education in Vietnam, I never learn ed the vowels). For instance, o ne day after she got finished wi th kindergarten, she asked me if I kn ew my vowels. He wo ke me up in the same usu al way to give it to me a nd I thought that was one of t he most sweetest gestures.”įor Lisa- “She taug ht me all kinds of things s he learned from school.
One ti me during our daily nap times, he wo ke up and built a present ma de out of legos. I would get a litt le frustrated with him. F or each of your kids, what is yo ur proudest moment as a mom?įor Jo hn- “When John was little, he wou ld poke my eyelids while I w as napping. I remember holding Jo hn the day I gave birth to h im, my mom asked me, “Do y ou hate him for causing you to ha ve a C-section?” With a smile, I to ld her, “No, I love him”.ĥ. “Although there are ma ny tough times, all the good tim es we have together make up f or it. What’s your favorite part about bei ng a mom? Why? Then, in America, wh en my mom’s health was failing a nd eventually passed away, my aunt w ho lived in Australia unexpectedly showed up a nd was there to give me t he advice and comfort I needed duri ng that time of grief and loss.”Ĥ. Ev er since childhood, she helped our fami ly both financially and assisted me wi th my mom’s small Vietnamese street fo od stand. It’s not just o ne time, it’s more than once. Every ti me I had a problem, she wou ld show up. Other than your mom, w ho else served as an important moth er figure in your life and why? ”Don’t burn bridg es with anyone you never know wh en you may need their help or vi ce versa.”ģ. ” Do unto others as you would ha ve them do unto you.” At the time, I didn ’t know what that meant, but I kn ew that I will always love my mom.”
“If y ou love your mom, your kids wi ll love you. What w as one life lesson your mom taug ht you that stuck with you? Even tod ay, I feel the family’s willingness to he lp out occasionally gives me the abili ty to endure.”Ģ.
Her helpfulness at su ch a young age gave me t he support, joy, and strength to contin ue through the difficult times. Li sa, being very young, voluntarily carried s oy sauce boxes. I rememb er being especially stressed when the fo od delivery truck would come. “When my daughter Lisa was abo ut 3 years old, my mom h ad her first stroke and at th at point, I truly felt the weig ht of being a mom. Te ll a story about what you experienc ed as a mom while working at t he restaurant. Check out her answers a nd experiences below as well as instructio ns to enter in our raffle f or a spa kit!ġ. We are blessed to have an amazi ng, selfless, and wise mother! We ask ed Lee to tell us about h er experiences being a restaurant owner a nd mother.
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