10/20/2025
Baking some Garden Vegetable Focaccia (this stuff smells awesome wile baking) for a very special client this morning and I've been doing some heavy reflecting.
What have the past few years of baking meant?
I started this venture in the spring of 2023. I showed up at my first market with just a few loaves and the mere hope of selling something just to make a little extra money.
My husband was out of work and I did the only thing I knew could make fast cash legally.
I felt pride when I sold my first loaf. I felt even more pride when I went back the next weekend and had return customers.
There were not that many bakers doing this back then. It was before the Internet exploded with the home baker trend.
I graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta in 2005. I've loved cooking all my life. When someone eats my creation, no matter how simple the ingredients may be, it lets me know I'm doing something important. We all have to eat and when someone chooses to purchase from you at the market, it matters deeply.
As time progressed, I had many more sales and God was there guiding me through everything. However, there came a point where the trend started to take over. Anyone with a Pinterest account or access to YouTube suddenly became a baker.
I'm not knocking anymore for following their passion and I'm certainly not trying to squash anyone's dreams. Go, bake, create, enjoy what you do.
Sales dropped off and I began to feel like a complete failure. For months I felt this way thinking I had completely failed, but God began showing me something.
I had not become weary of baking, but needed a larger outlet. When I started working at My Favorite Lure, I found my place. The kitchen was home. All the stress, all the craziness that goes along with a professional kitchen. That's what I was missing.
I hadn't failed. One season was just ending to bring about a new one.
I have made some amazing friends throughout this past few years and I am forever grateful for all of you.
This week, I'll go back into the professional kitchen again as we begin the process of reopening.
I'll still be The Bread Lady and available if any of you need anything, but I'm so thankful I've found my place. Will it be forever, who knows. However, I do understand now when God is shifting you into a new chapter, it's not failure, but growth.
I love y'all. Have a blessed day.
