When Misty Ward decided to move back to her hometown of Dadeville after 10 years raising her children in Auburn, she was ready to re-enter the workforce. She had experience running a business in the town, as she had owned a barbershop in Dadeville years ago. This time, she wanted to do something different, so she asked her 22-year-old daughter for ideas.

Her daughter gave her some of the advice she had learned from her mother, “Do what you love.”