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My whole life I wondered
what I would be good at. I happen to have been born into a very
talented family. My mother could play a mean saxophone in high school.
My Aunt Maxine could crochet the cutest hat and scarf sets.
Fast-forward twenty-five
years;and I'm still searching. I did find out I was awfully good
at getting pregnant. And having two children three years into your
marriage proves that!
I love being a mother and
wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, but I wanted to find
something that would help put food on the table and allow me to
stay home and raise the little whippersnappers. In the early 1990's
my sister, Lori, and I happened to be buying candles wholesale from
a company.
We loved the candles, but
hated the customer service, so we decided to try to make our own.
At that point, I went into a full-fledged search of the ultimate
candlemaking techniques. Unfortunately, (or should I say fortunately)
candlemakers happen to be more secretive than the pentagon.
Then came my big break.
One day while shopping for candles, my daughter Kylee happened to
have a poopy diaper. I asked the owner of the shop if I could use
the restroom to change it. Call me an optimist, but that diaper
had a silver lining! The restroom happened to be smack dab in the
middle of their candle factory. Since this was probably the 5,000th
diaper I had changed in the past two years, I was able to do it
completely by feel with my eyes focused on what was going on around
me! It was enough to inspire me;I had learned enough to move forward.
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