The Biscuit Lady’s place of work is not a particularly vast establishment. It does not lend to the typical fast food restaurant archetype. 
  On the left wall is the “Biscuit Bucket List”, which is a chalkboard the length of the wall containing an extensive listing of all the people that she hopes to someday serve biscuits to. Above the entrance is a sign that reads “Biscuits make everything better.”
      In the case of the biscuits. Michelle Tehan makes, many would argue that the sign is all to fitting. No, it is not a flashy or glitzy place. There is not a huge menu. In fact, the biscuits and “sammiches” are the only food items on the menu. 
     One will not find a Biscuit Shop anywhere else in the Golden Triangle area. There is only one shop, only one Biscuit Lady, and it seems that is how Tehan prefers it.
   For her, it is about more than money, it is more than a business. It is about truly having a passion for what she does. 
   “This is not a get rich quick thing for me,” Tehan said. “I choose not to be greedy. As long as it is sustaining and providing a living, everything is fine how it is.”
  Believe it or not, Tehan was not always the Biscuit Lady. In fact, at one time she had the basic eight to five desk job.
    “I worked as the business coordinator for Wildlife Fisheries and Aquaculture,” she said. “My job was amazing, but this gives me so much more flexibility.”
  Flexibility is crucial for the mother of four, three of whom are triplets. Because she runs her own business, Tehan is now able to attend all of her kids’ football games and other events. It also helped cut the costs of babysitters for her children.
    For the Biscuit Lady, family is certainly important. Every aspect of her business has revolved around her children from the onset. The Biscuit Shop closes at 2 p.m. in order to allow Tehan to leave work and pick up her children from school. Earlier this week the area was hit with inclement weather, forcing schools in Starkville to shut down early. 
   In light of the situation Tehan initiated a flash sale of sorts, selling all the biscuits remaining on the shelves for $1 and closed early in order to arrive on time to pick up the little ones.
    “My business is literally wrapped around my family,” Tehan said.
  Although the path of entrepreneurship allows flexibility for the Biscuit Lady, it also comes with its perils. At times, she acknowledges, it can become a bit tiring. Whether it is waking up at 3 a.m. every business day, or staying late to prepare delivery orders for the next day she is constantly bombarded with work.
  She has a strong support system comprised of loyal employees and her husband Allen Tehan. Mr. Tehan had been working at a steel processing plant when his wife initially introduced the Biscuit shop idea to him.
   To better assist her in the business, he quit his job there and began to assume the role of a stay-at-home dad of sorts. He aids her in any way he can from bringing in supplies for the shop, to getting the kids prepared for school and picking them up at the end of the day.
      Mr. Tehan said he makes frequent trips to Tupelo for supplies, but definitely believes it was all worth it in the long run.
   “We are a lot better off than we were before,” Tehan said. “We went from working full time jobs for someone else to having our own business and being our own bosses.”
   “This is perfect,” she said when asked if she feels she made the right decision. “I feel like I finally walked right into exactly what I am supposed to be doing.”
  The Biscuit Lady seems to exude an aura of energy. There is never a true “down moment” for her. She moves swiftly and precisely through the kitchen, masterfully creating her culinary works of art without referencing a recipe. She believes in the value of hard work and seems to never tire.
  “I’m literally a ball of energy. The good Lord gave me more energy than the average person,” she said. “To me there are no options, you have to work hard. I think I have more energy than most college students.”
    Hints of that are evident when her employees talk about her. Courtney Heath, a cashier at the Biscuit Shop summed up the Biscuit Lady’s energy with one instance.
  “During the football season, she would come in on Friday night and start filling orders for hundreds of biscuits,” Heath explained. “The next morning she still arrives bright and early to start making the biscuits for the shelves that day. I really do not know how she does it.”
      This seems to be a person who truly never gets tired. She has an unparalleled dedication to her work and it shines through from the first bite you take out of one her homemade biscuits down to the very last finger-licking crumb.