| Following my passion for handcrafting candles and | | | | compromising her relationship with her children and the |
| soaps in business has taken a new turn for me. I am | | | | child's well-being. Maybe you think I am idealistic. But I |
| choosing to combine my passions with more focus on | | | | believe this is going to work. Watch and see. |
| customer service and growing the business to make | | | | Even couples have a difficult time when faced with |
| this a family friendly business. By this I mean, having | | | | working and child care issues. The cost is a difficult |
| paid staff on site to provide care and mentoring for | | | | hurdle all by itself. I don't believe sales or production will |
| employee's children. I am not talking about hiring | | | | be hampered in any way. Rather I believe they will be |
| someone just to give them a job. Rather people with a | | | | boosted. I believe this has a lot to do with the peace |
| real heart for children. This will enable a mom to take a | | | | that comes when my employees know their children |
| break and nurse her child or attend to whatever the | | | | are there there and in excellent hands. They can take |
| need may be. could be as nice as having lunch with | | | | a break and go spend time with them and so much |
| her child. I will be overjoyed if couples decide to work | | | | more. |
| here. But am very grieved at single mothers, struggling | | | | I was greatly inspired by Sandy Maine who owns |
| so hard to find consistent child care with providers | | | | Sunfeather Soap company. She talks about a family |
| who truly have child's interest a theart. And providers | | | | friendly businesss in her book, Creating An Herbal |
| that they can afford. The seperation of the family | | | | Body Care Business. She maybe doesn't go as far as |
| grieves me as well. I come from a place of moms | | | | I am. But she still encouraged me to dream big. |
| being keepers at home, raising kids, and not in the | | | | Of course there are those who work to get a break |
| slightest bit unfulfilled. I've also been on the | | | | from their kids. Maybe they get too stressed being |
| otherside--due to circumstances a single mom has to | | | | with them all day or for other reasons. |
| provide and needs a way to do so without | | | | |