After several months of nonstop lobbying and emotional manipulation Audrey finally broke me down. She wanted a lemonade stand. Not just casually wanted one. Audrey wanted a lemonade stand the way Walter White wanted an empire.
In 2021, my family moved to 50 acres off Highway 70S in Bellevue. It was exactly what we thought we wanted after the pandemic: rolling hills, dense woods, and a hidden half-acre pond that felt like something out of a storybook. For my kids, it looked like endless adventure. For me, it looked like a…