I grew up the middle child of three girls. My mom was an amazingly strong woman and raised the three of us on her own in Cincinnati. If you had told me as a kid that I would grow up to own a business making candles every day, I probably would have been upset. Growing up, I wanted to be an astronaut more than anything. However, I have made candles since I was a kid and remember the first being a dipped-pillar I made at daycamp when I was seven.
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