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It’s amazing how someone you considered to be a good friend could suddenly become insulting, negative and condescending simply because you choose to live your life differently.  

This was just one of the many difficult situations handled with poise and grace by your intrepid entrepreneur as she attempts to turn a miserly $50 dollars into a thriving business.

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 July 2014

Driving home from town I saw a friend of mine at the bus stop so I stopped and picked her up. Chatting on the way and I told her about the café that had agreed to take my cookies. I was a little surprised about her lack of enthusiasm about my good fortune.

My friend knew all about my losing my job and how difficult things had been for me financially. So when she offered no response to my news I asked her if something was wrong. A shrug of the shoulders was all I received by way of a reply.

We had known each other for a long time so I was not going to settle for that as an answer. We were pulling up to my house so I held off my interrogation until we got inside. I took out the ingredients I needed and began to make the cookie dough. I got a drink for my friend and asked her if she was going to tell me what was wrong or was I going to have to beat it out of her.

“Why are you baking cookies, why don’t you do some proper cooking? You are a trained experienced chef why are you wasting time making these silly little cookies?”

Have you ever had one of those moments when someone says something so totally inappropriate to you that you tilt your head to the side with a quizzical look on your face whilst trying to figure out if they are crazy, if they’re joking or if you should beat them around the head with a chair?

I looked at my friend for a long time and it was clear to me that she was totally serious. Because she had this incredulous expression on her face and was obviously waiting for me to explain myself.

It took me a long time to respond. I really did not have any intention of explaining myself to her or anyone else. I did not feel that I needed too. In fact I was disappointed that someone who had been my friend for such a long time would expect me too.

“Considering what I have been through this last couple of months I am really shocked and disappointed that you would say something like that to me.” I said.  

“Also I did not know that you were such a snob. I wonder if you would be so quick to condemn and judge if you found yourself in the same situation. Would you be willing to let your home be taken from you or let you children go hungry whilst you searched and waited for a job that allowed you to do PROPER COOKING?”

The look on her face told me that she felt my words deeply. So much so that she finished her drink and said she had to go. I walked her to the door and wished her a safe journey home. I went back to my cookie dough but the conversation we had just kept going around and around in my head.

Why would she say something like that to me? What’s so terrible about making cookies? It’s not like I am going to be doing this for the rest of my life and even if I did choose to do it for the rest of my life SO WHAT?

It’s amazing how arrogant people can be. PROPER COOKING! There are chefs who cook in establishments ranging from Michelin starred restaurants to fast food restaurants to hospitals and schools and the one thing we all have in common regardless of the type of food we are producing is, we all work damn hard for our money. And I for one would never look down my nose at another chef just because the kitchen he or she works in does not have any accolades. And neither should anyone else.

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And there you have it. The moral of the story...Support your friend’s regardless of what they do for a living. (As long as it’s legal J) Ours is not to judge!

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Previously on Days of Our Lives….. 

Or something like that. :-)  Our heroin was down but not quite out and decided to head out to convince the world that they absolutely could not function for a moment longer without purchasing her shortbread cookies. Scroll down to find out if anyone agreed or not.

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June 2014

If someone had warned me that my life was about to turn into a rollercoaster in perpetual motion I would of happily hid myself in a cave and live off fruit “borrowed” from other people’s trees for the rest of my days. However I did not receive that memo so I started down a path that had only one direction and could not be diverted from.

Armed with 5 packages of what I considered to be prettily packaged shortbread cookies I left home and headed out to the first of the coffee shops on my list.

ß ßßßß The afore mentioned “Pretty Packaging”

On arrival at my first stop I sat in the car trying to talk myself out of going inside.

“They won’t like them”

“They won’t buy from a poor black person”

“I don’t look professional enough”

"I'm not good at sales"

“I’m too fat”

“I don’t have a proper business card”.

My alter ego was doing a great demolition job on my normally high self-esteem and eventually I started the engine and drove away.

The dialog in my head continued…

”Where are you going Carol?”

“Home”

“Erm why?”

“Because this is a stupid idea”

“Why?”

“Because no one wants these cookies”

“NO ONE? So you’ve spoken to everyone then?”

“Sigh”

“Go back”

“Why?”

“What’s the alternative?”

That one hit home pretty hard, there was in fact no alternative. I turned the car around again and headed back to the coffee shop. I did not hesitate; I immediately got out of the car sucked in my gut and strode confidently through the door.

A few minutes later I emerged feeling much calmer. I had spoken to a very nice young lady who gave me the name of the supervisor and said she would pass my sample onto her and I could call the next day to speak to the supervisor. That was all I needed to feel happy and confident again. I breezed through the next four coffee shops and was soon sitting in a car park overlooking the sea.

The one single thing on earth that energises me and makes me feel happy and grateful to be alive is the sea. This is quite odd for an earth sign like me. However I sat there speaking to the ether. I want to make money doing something I love; I want to be able to support myself. I want to be able to help my family and friends. I want to bring a little sweetness into people’s lives. I want peace of mind.

I enjoyed my drive home; I'd had a productive day and I truly felt like something good would come of it. There was a calmness within me that I had not felt for a long time and I intended to savour it for as long as I could.

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