Beautifully written Shuna. Thank you for your usual eloquence that conveys your fierce emotions. (Fierce meaning passionate. Gina once went on a Twitter rant about the word passion so I didn’t want to say that)

I have a friend named Diana who in turn was friends with Gina. Diana was very encouraging of my foray into pastry and gave me some confidence and support when I was out there reaching so hard for something I truly thought I wanted. I knew she knew Gina but didn’t want to use her connection and instead sent my resume to Gina hoping for at least a trail. Diana had already mentioned my name to Gina in conversation so I guess when she saw my resume she put two and two together. I had no idea about this though and just assumed she had better qualified applicants. I kept pursuing trails and jobs. I wanted to be the superhuman type that does that job every day. I broke after only two years. When I left the kitchen, Diana told me that Gina had seen my resume all those months before and intuitively decided to not call me in even for an interview. Something in her sensed that being a pastry cook was not what I really wanted so she didn’t want to encourage it. It was the nicest thing I could have heard at that moment. I didn’t fail, it just wasn’t the path I was supposed to be on.