I didn't take over my family's successful business after my mom died. I often wondered if it was the right choice.

The author, shown with her mother in 2016, always thought she would take over her mom's day care business. Then her mom got sick, and everything changed.Courtesy of Alyssa WiensI was working for my mom's successful day care business when she died in 2019.The plan had always been for me to take over one day, but I decided to quit a year later.Though I've often wondered if it was the right choice, I choose to embrace my own path instead.When my mom was diagnosed with her third bout of cancer in 20