She runs a small day care business out of her home in Milpitas, Calif., and recently (expanded) her
services to (include) after-school care. The business brings in about $30,000 (annually), she says,
(far less than) the $150,000 her husband earned in the marketing and sales job he lost over a year ago.
“It’s (peanuts),” she says. She (switched from) being a full-time homemaker to a full-time
businesswoman when her husband was (laid off) previously. She says she unexpectedly discovered that
she loves her job, even if it is (demanding).Still, her husband, Javed, says he and their three children —
who are in third grade, (junior college) and law school — worry about her health, and hope things can
“return to the old days.”