07/03/2023
🍋 WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS 🍋
I’ve been baking at home for 20+ years and have baked professionally for about 10. I love it. Something about being a part of life’s big moments for people and their families just fills my heart. The hospitality industry is full of incredible humans. Creatives. Misfits. Artists. When I walked through the doors at The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio last January, I felt a peace come over me while simultaneously feeling incredible unbelief that I was actually fulfilling a dream I never thought I’d attain. I felt at home. I felt I was around people who “got” me. Not a single moment was taken for granted. It’s an experience I’ll forever be grateful for. Walking away shattered my heart. It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make, but I stand by it and I know it was what needed to happen.
Twelve•28 Bakery has been my outlet. It’s been my passion. It’s been my ode to the child that made me a mother. I’ve worked everyday in this business to Honor her and foremost, to honor God. Every decision involved much prayer beforehand. Every move was made with intentionality after thoughtful consideration and discussion. Every customer has been a blessing. Every order has been my gift and a pleasure to provide.
It is with a heavy heart that I announce today that Twelve 28 Bakery will be closing. The last two and a half years have been an incredible experience. From being featured in local magazines, to being on SA Live not once but twice, and everything in between, I’m eternally grateful. The connections I’ve made, the friendships that have been formed, and all that goes a long with owning a business. I’ve been blessed with incredible mentors and teachers who were instrumental in helping me through this journey and providing the guidance I needed.
The injury to my hand is more serious than I anticipated and, while surgery will help, it means taking extra care to ensure that re-injury doesn’t occur in the future. My family and I have been through so much in the last few years and I have to believe that God wouldn’t bring us through this without there being something bigger and better on the other side. I don’t know what that is but, for now, I choose to have faith and trust in the One who never fails us.
I want to thank everyone who has supported me in this venture from orders, to referrals, to organizing, to free labor 🤪, I couldn’t have come this far without you! Time is short. Life is precious. Don’t take either for granted. Thank you for your love.
