Candles as an Outlet for Healing and a Business

I've passed on a lot of links to articles about candle makers who have overcome illnesses, poverty and other obstacles by and through making candles and soap. This is one of those. Perhaps it's just because I'm the parent of a toddler, and can relate to the experimenting with candles in between diaper changes...but this one really touched me. It's the story of Lisa Chavez of Willow Wicks Candle and Spa Products. The article tells how Lisa got started making and selling candles, and how her greatest inspiration, her daughter Breann, fought Niemann-Pick disease. Though Breann has passed on, Lisa looks "to her candle making as a release and a way to honor her daughter's memory. She was the spark of Willow Wicks, and it is in her spirit the flame burns today," she says.
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