We quit our jobs at 26, moved, and opened a whiskey distillery. I don't expect our kids to take it over.

Lucy and Andy Rieger quit their jobs and moved to Kansas City to open a distillery. Provided by Lucy Rieger Lucy Rieger quit her job to help her husband open a whiskey distillery that had been in his family. Her two kids often hang out at the bar, and she credits their nanny for being a co-parent. The kids are learning responsibility and seeing firsthand what it takes to run a business. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lucy Rieger, 37, the cofounder of distillery J. Rie...