Closure

I had a lovely evening with the girls.  Three of us left the bakery at the same time and so today we got together to see a movie and have dinner.  We talked about a lot of different things including our time at the bakery.  We laughed a lot!  I gave the one Elf a pretty pie server and told her it was her scepter because she was Queen of the pies, cookies and brownies.  And I gave the Icing Elf a pretty new icing knife and told her it was her scepter because she was Queen of the Icing.  (The kid could make icing better than anyone including BL!)  They seemed to appreciate that and it made me happy to do it.  I noticed that three of us left with nothing out of the ordinary from BL, no token of appreciation, no real acknowledgement at all.  I got a hug because I asked for one, that was it.  I didn’t want it left that way, we each made a significant contribution to her business.  That sort of thing deserves to be recognized.  Little did I know they had both been promised that they’d be able to learn how to decorate cakes and possibly move up into my position – which would have been entirely possible for the one girl who has a real natural talent for such things.  But it was like a lot of things, it never materialized for them and I didn’t know until it was too late.  Just like the things I was promised.  Oh well.  None of us got what we hoped for there.  And in the end, the fact that BL would promise one thing and deliver another came back to roost.  And yet we each genuinely care about her.  I guess that’s what made it all so hard.  We laughed, we reminisced and then it was over.  A lovely evening.