Honestly, I don't fault the agency. Although I did not mention their name, if anything was wrong, it was probably my fault. I relayed as much and as honestly of the story from my point of view as I can. At this point, I'm putting everything on the table. It may not seem like it but this is an insanely difficult thing for me to even write or admit publicly with my name out there. I don't want to place blame on anyone. At the end of the day, the mistakes were mine and any big or small mistakes along the way (serious or not) does not change the situation. I can only learn and hope to move forward.

>It may not seem like it but this is

Trust me, we know. Most of us here have our own thing going on, and we know that terrible sinking feeling. The feeling that you've disappointed your friends, family, the whole world even. I also know how terrible of a place it is to be. And putting your name to it is much harder. I don't really have any advice because I don't think I'm qualified enough on this topic. But I will say this, stay strong. This is not the end of the world. Your family and friends will not stop talking to you, they will not estrange you, insult you, humiliate you or anything like that. What ever thoughts arise, they are all in your head. Make sure you have enough personal savings to tide you over, and please stay strong.

Thank you for the kind words. I am definitely going through a stressful time right now and yes you are right that I have an aching feeling of huge disappointment of the people that has supported me along the way and customers that lover our food. I know the biggest way to solve that is getting out there and connecting with people about our food and our story. I already got a tremendous amount of advice on this thread. so its really about taking massive action. I'll do my best to turn things around, be strong and have the faith to keep going.