15 Minutes of Fame

This post is a little different than most of my posts. This picture of me holding a quilt was featured in a French magazine! Back in October, I took part in a conversation on Twitter about quitting my job. I guess a record number of people have been quitting their jobs. A journalist named Alexis Buisson messaged me and wanted to interview me. He works for a French magazine called Le Point. He said it's very similar to our Newsweek since it's also a weekly news magazine. A part of me was hoping this wasn't a scam!

I tried to get out of being interviewed but Alex was quite persistent. A few weeks later, he called me on the phone. We spoke for awhile and I told him I just couldn't take it anymore. Health care has changed so much since I got out of school. Covid only made everything worse. I had a hard time being told what to do by new grads who had no idea what they were doing. My schedule had changed without my consent so I just left. I told him I like to quilt and that's what I intend on doing! The magazine came out January 14.

About a month later, Alex contacted me again that he was sending a photographer for a photo shoot since they wanted my picture in the article. A part of me thought this can't be real, but I looked into the photographer and he was legitimate. He had been hired by Zuma Press that uses free lance photographers. He came to my house and photographed me and my quilts for 2 hours. The picture that made it into the magazine was one of the last ones he had taken.

I guess this is my 15 minutes of fame. My family jokes that I'm an international star. I said I always wanted to be the toast of Paris! Anyways, it all worked out. I bought 3 magazines and plan to have one framed. Too bad it's all in French!